Use case:
A user often cuts and pastes text such as agendas from other documents which may have numbering and/or indentation.
Problem:
The original source text may not provide bullets but is self-organized to need bullets. To add bullets in Tomboy, the user must mouse-select text blocks, mouse-select "Text" from the drop-down menu, and then mouse-select "Bullets" which has no keyboard sequence for creating bullets. This awkward sequence may need to be repeated a dozen times to align the pasted text with Tomboy's bullet organization structure.
Proposed solution:
Add a keyboard Ctl+[some character] to allow a user to bullet already mouse-selected text. This combination of actions then avoids having to mouse-select "Text" and mouse-select "Bullets"
Also considered:
Tomboy does permit a user to use this character '-' followed by a '[space]', type some text and hit '[enter]' to create a bullet. This sequencing becomes even more awkward than the problem statement.
Tomboy also permits large blocks of text to be selected, apply bullets, but then the user must go back and hand edit multiple lines to achieve indenting and possibly to remove extraneous numbering/lettering from the original pasted text.
Use case: A user often cuts and pastes text such as agendas from other documents which may have numbering and/or indentation.
Problem:
The original source text may not provide bullets but is self-organized to need bullets. To add bullets in Tomboy, the user must mouse-select text blocks, mouse-select "Text" from the drop-down menu, and then mouse-select "Bullets" which has no keyboard sequence for creating bullets. This awkward sequence may need to be repeated a dozen times to align the pasted text with Tomboy's bullet organization structure.
Proposed solution: Add a keyboard Ctl+[some character] to allow a user to bullet already mouse-selected text. This combination of actions then avoids having to mouse-select "Text" and mouse-select "Bullets"
Also considered: Tomboy does permit a user to use this character '-' followed by a '[space]', type some text and hit '[enter]' to create a bullet. This sequencing becomes even more awkward than the problem statement.
Tomboy also permits large blocks of text to be selected, apply bullets, but then the user must go back and hand edit multiple lines to achieve indenting and possibly to remove extraneous numbering/lettering from the original pasted text.