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• From: "Ingolf Dahl" <ingolf.dahl at telia.com>
• Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 04:25:59 -0400 (EDT)

With my "SetFaceAndFont" palette you might press a button to obtain a double
bracket around a selection. There is another button "Peel" to remove it.
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Ingolf Dahl

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Breitfeld [mailto:phbrf at t-online.de]
> Sent: den 11 oktober 2010 11:29
> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> Subject: [mg113028] Re: What is the ESC sequence for the "Matching Double
Brakets"?
> From
> 
> "Nasser M. Abbasi" wrote:
> 
> > Mathematica Experts;
> >
> > What is the ESC key stroke combination to enter the "Matching double
> > brackets" into my notebook?
> >
> > I can't find the ESC sequence for this. Are these documented somewhere?
> >
> > I remember that before when one moved the mouse over one of those
> > things, then the ESC sequence would show up at he bottom of the palette.
> >
> > (Just noticed that some do show the ESC sequence in the ballon help that
> > comes up when the mouse is over them, but some do not. The ballon help
> > only shows the name,  but not the ESC sequence as well. Strange).
> >
> > thanks
> > --Nasser
> 
> 
> The escape sequences are esc[[esc  and esc]]esc. But you I prefer to
> add a keystroke for that. I use "Ctrl <" to produce the opening and
> closing double bracket and to position the cursor between the brackets.
> 
> To do that, open the Mathematica file KeyEventTranslations.tr in an
> editor and add this code:
> 
>   Item[KeyEvent["<",Modifiers->{Control}],
>       FrontEndExecute[{FrontEnd`NotebookWrite[FrontEnd`SelectedNotebook[],
>         "\[LeftDoubleBracket]\[RightDoubleBracket]",After],
>               FrontEndToken["MovePrevious"]}]]
> 
> WARNING: Be careful when changing this file. Make a copy of it before
> altering. If you made an error (e.g. missing a comma) Mathematica will
> not start.
> 
> 
> // Peter
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