[Framers] Changing Setup Files

[Lynne A. Price]

Orly,
    The FM menus and shortcuts were reorganized in FM 2017. Be aware that:

a) There is a new Command Search command which lets you type a prefix of 
a keyword in a command name. It displays a list of the commands that use 
words with that prefix. You can invoke a selected command by clicking on 
it in the Command Search window. You open Command Search by clicking on 
the magnifying glass on the right side of the top line of the FM window, 
with F7, or with Ctrl-Shift-S. IN FM 2017, Command Search lists command 
names and shortcuts that invoke them. In FM 2019 it also lists the menus 
on which commands appear.

b) You can define a new shortcut for a command (so that the command has 
multiple shortcuts), but you cannot remove an existing shortcut.

c) I don't believe Customizing FrameMaker has been published since FM 7.

d) View > Menus > Modify used to allow you to add menu items and 
shortcuts to those already in place. It now requires you to specify the 
full menus. An FDK client can still add menus and shortcuts. I believe 
this change was made when workspaces were added to %appdata% around FM 11.

     --Lynne



On 12/10/2019 7:55 AM, Orly Zimmerman wrote:
> HI All, I'm currently running FM2017 version.I would like to update the configuration files so that I can use shortcut keys like I did in earlier versions of FM - for example, repeat last para command, or select all conditional text around cursor (SelectSameCondTags) - which it seems that Adobe removed for some reason. Also, they moved many things around.
> I'm being very careful about the changes I'm making to the various cmd files. Of course, before I change any of the cfg files, I make a copy, just in case...
>
> My Qs: 1. I saw that the FM developers added a note asking us to be careful when assigning the F10 key to something, because Windows uses that key for different things-  anyone know what its commonly used for?  BTW - The Adobe developers mention "For documentation on this file, see the on-line manual "Changing Setup Files"." - for the cmds.cfg file in the general configui folder. - but I can't find this manual.
> 2. Which cmd file can/should I change - if I'm working in non-structured  - probably the wincmds.cfg in the configui/UnStructured/WYSIWYGView/ folder - right?
>
> 3. If I want to use a command that is already in place - for example, in FM2107 - the F7 key is used to find command shortcuts - but I want to use F7 for something else (related to conditional texting) - what happens if I use the F7 in both places?


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