It just occured to me Charles, if the macros are in *one* user's folder, what happens with multiple users? Multiple macro folders?The Library folder you need to use is in your home folder.
(Doesn't apply in my case, but.... curiosity)
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I was wondering the same thing. It seems like macros in /Library should be available to all users and macros in ~/Library should be private to individual users. For a machine that is used by a single person, there really shouldn't be a distinction between /Library and ~/Librarypropstuff wrote:It just occured to me Charles, if the macros are in *one* user's folder, what happens with multiple users? Multiple macro folders?The Library folder you need to use is in your home folder.
Well, I think you are right; it should work this way so you have the option to configure things they way you want. I will add it to our list of Things to Do.JBL wrote:I was wondering the same thing. It seems like macros in /Library should be available to all users and macros in ~/Library should be private to individual users. For a machine that is used by a single person, there really shouldn't be a distinction between /Library and ~/Library
Under what conditions is one expected to use the "Open Macro Folder" command? One really has to answer that question in the context of what task the user is attempting to perform, however, I am willing to give a suggestion in the absence of such knowledge: I would be tempted to turn this function into "Show Macro in Finder..." with a dialog box that lets you pick a specific macro. Sure it is an extra step, but I don't imagine most people use this all the time so it shouldn't be a large overhead. This solution also has the advantage that it generalizes if you, at some point, implement macro sets or some such function that results in macros being stored in other locations.charles wrote:Now...if a user selects "Open Macro Folder", I'm not sure which one this should open...
This is an interesting idea. We could also allow the user to show a Macro in the Finder by holding down the option key or something like that.JBL wrote:Under what conditions is one expected to use the "Open Macro Folder" command? One really has to answer that question in the context of what task the user is attempting to perform, however, I am willing to give a suggestion in the absence of such knowledge: I would be tempted to turn this function into "Show Macro in Finder..." with a dialog box that lets you pick a specific macro.
I used to use Classic Nisus for both word processing and text editing (because it was easier to use something I was familiar with than to use a dedicated text editor). The macros for different types of tasks were quite distinct, and having all of them around just got in the way.charles wrote:The idea of creating Macro Sets is an interesting one as well...how do you think users would use this feature?
That would be okay, but it takes a lot longer to navigate a sub-menu than to find something on a menu.charles wrote:Could the same thing be accomplished by showing folders in the Macro folder as menus in the Macro menu?
Oops. Forgot to respond to this part.charles wrote:Actually, I just had a thought...maybe we could turn "Open Macros Folder" into a menu with a submenu that has two options: "For This User Only" and "For All Users on This Computer". My thought is that the Macro's menu should show all macros in both locations.
maurerc wrote:US English, US English. The font ought to be whatever font your document calls for but the menu is disabled--remember, this is an endless loop throwing up an error message--so I can't see anything selected.rmark wrote:Please take a look at what language is checked in the Languages submenu of the Format menu. Then compare that with the language that appears in the Language palette in the Tooldrawer. Let me know what they indicate. Also, let me know what font is selected.