Deleting outline entry

[Daniel]

On 2023-09-24 20:20, Dan via lyx-users wrote:
> 
> 24 de set. de 2023, 3:25 per xracoonx at gmx.de:
> 
>> On 2023-09-23 21:09, Daniel wrote:
>>
>>> On 2023-09-23 18:50, Dan via lyx-users wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Is there a way to delete an outline entry? A right-click on the entry does
>>>>> not offer that option and the delete key removes characters in the
>>>>> chapter/section title, not the chapter/section itself.
>>>>>
>>>> I do not see any way of accomplishing this via the GUI, but it can be done by means of the command interpreter with a pair of commands.
>>>>
>>>> Say you want to delete section 2.2 of your document
>>>>     1. Place the cursor at the title of section 2.2.
>>>>     2. Issue in the command interpreter "section-select". This will select the whole section 2.2.
>>>>     3. To delete the entire section, then enter this command: "char-delete-forward". This will erase the whole section.
>>>>
>>>> These steps work for any kind of sectioning (division of the text hierarchycally): parts, chapters, paragraphs, etc. You could even customize your UI file to bind these pair of commands to a button in the toolbars.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I was about to suggest to add a "Delete Section" menu entry to the TOC context menu. But that doesn't work for some reason and I am not sure why.
>>>
>>> In any case, such a (working) menu entry should probably be available.
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>
>> Maybe there is some kind of cursor update missing after the "section-select" command?
>>
>> command-sequence section-select;char-delete-forward
>>
>> apparently works fine when the cursor is already in the heading but not when executed merely from the context-menu.
>>
>> Daniel
>>
> Apparently the command "char-delete-forward" (and its twin "char-delete-backward") is "forbidden" in that location. Thus, adding the item
>       "Delete Section|e" "command-sequence section-select; char-delete-forward"
> to stdcontext.inc does not work, by design.
> 
> Try it by yourself with the debugging category "action" enabled in the messages pane (View > Messages Pane). Otherwise, see the debug messages attached.
> 
> It may be possible, but I do not know how.
> 
> 
> Daniel.
> --
> Enviat amb Tutanota.

What works is to add a context-menu entry to the "context-edit" menu.

I don't know whether it is really by design that it does not work from 
the outline. A command being disabled is often dependent on a rather 
coarse condition. It might still be just an oversight.

In any case, it seems non-ideal that the command cannot be executed from 
the outline.

Daniel