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Keyboard shortcut to merge current segment with next segment, WITHOUT USING MOUSE?

Michael Beijer

Is there a proper keyboard shortcut to merge the current segment with the next segment? That is, without having to resort to my mouse?

I found Ctrl+Alt+S, but this means I need to first select them both, with my mouse. What's the point off a keyboard shortcut if you need to use your mouse? There must be an easier way to do this. Most other CAT tools can do it by now with one simple shortcut, without having to touch your mouse.

 

If not (which would be idiotic, but anyway), does anyone have an AutoHotkey script for it yet?

 

Michael
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    Hi ,

    Maybe this one?

    community.sdl.com/.../12949

    Paul Filkin | RWS Group

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    Hi Michael,

    One thing to keep in mind is that if you merge across a paragraph break, then Studio will create an empty, locked, hidden segment with a status of "Translated" following the merged segment.

    The only way to see this locked, hidden segment is to change a setting in the options (File->Options->Editor->Automation "Hide empty segments that have been merged").

    I mention this because I once merged two segments (I did not notice that I had merged across a paragraph break) and then noticed that I should have merged three segments instead of just two.

    So I tried to merge again with the next segment.

    The second merge failed and it took me a while to figure out why.

    I finally figured out that my first merge had been across a paragraph break, and it became clear that the locked, hidden segment that Studio created prevented the second merge. You can't merge across a locked segment.

    Clearly this is an unlikely situation, but using a shortcut that merges two segments at a time might slightly increase the likelihood of such a situation occurring.

    SDL might think about changing their handling of these segments. If you try to merge across one of these empty, hidden, locked segments, it would make sense to merge the segments and move the hidden, locked segment so that it follows the merged segment.

    Regards,
    Bruce Campbell
    ASAP Language Services
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  • 0 in reply to Paul
    Hi Michael,

    One thing to keep in mind is that if you merge across a paragraph break, then Studio will create an empty, locked, hidden segment with a status of "Translated" following the merged segment.

    The only way to see this locked, hidden segment is to change a setting in the options (File->Options->Editor->Automation "Hide empty segments that have been merged").

    I mention this because I once merged two segments (I did not notice that I had merged across a paragraph break) and then noticed that I should have merged three segments instead of just two.

    So I tried to merge again with the next segment.

    The second merge failed and it took me a while to figure out why.

    I finally figured out that my first merge had been across a paragraph break, and it became clear that the locked, hidden segment that Studio created prevented the second merge. You can't merge across a locked segment.

    Clearly this is an unlikely situation, but using a shortcut that merges two segments at a time might slightly increase the likelihood of such a situation occurring.

    SDL might think about changing their handling of these segments. If you try to merge across one of these empty, hidden, locked segments, it would make sense to merge the segments and move the hidden, locked segment so that it follows the merged segment.

    Regards,
    Bruce Campbell
    ASAP Language Services
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