wxruby users - May 2011 - Why the & in the middle of a string?

In the samples directory of WxRuby-ruby 192 there is a file called
dialogs.rb.

Within this file there is a series of menu appends .   A subset of is shown
below.

----------------------------------
    file_menu.append(DIALOGS_CHOOSE_COLOUR, "&Choose colour")
    file_menu.append_separator()
    file_menu.append(DIALOGS_CHOOSE_FONT, "Choose &font")

-----------------------------------------------
What is the & trying to tell me?  Why not just "Choose colour" or
"Choose
font"
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Ann Maybury
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On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Ann Maybury <ann.maybury at gmail.com>
wrote:
> In the samples directory of WxRuby-ruby 192 there is a file called
> dialogs.rb.
>
> Within this file there is a series of menu appends .   A subset of is shown
> below.
>
> ----------------------------------
>     file_menu.append(DIALOGS_CHOOSE_COLOUR, "&Choose colour")
>     file_menu.append_separator()
>     file_menu.append(DIALOGS_CHOOSE_FONT, "Choose &font")
>
> -----------------------------------------------
> What is the & trying to tell me?  Why not just "Choose
colour" or "Choose
> font"
>  --
>
That give you shortcut alt+key on the label
something like : *C*hoose colour and Choose *f*ont
if you try running it, press alt and you will see it

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It has to do with keyboard short cuts. That & puts a line under the next
char and when the dialog is open you can use that key to do that action
instead of the mouse. So with the sample dialog in your email, if you type
''c'' you will open the colour chooser and ''f''
gets you the font dialog

On 07/05/2011 3:14 PM, "Ann Maybury" <ann.maybury at gmail.com>
wrote:

In the samples directory of WxRuby-ruby 192 there is a file called
dialogs.rb.

Within this file there is a series of menu appends .   A subset of is shown
below.

----------------------------------
    file_menu.append(DIALOGS_CHOOSE_COLOUR, "&Choose colour")
    file_menu.append_separator()
    file_menu.append(DIALOGS_CHOOSE_FONT, "Choose &font")

-----------------------------------------------
What is the & trying to tell me?  Why not just "Choose colour" or
"Choose
font"
-- 
Ann Maybury
ann.maybury at gmail.com


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Phillip & Kerrie Shelton <philkez <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> 
> It has to do with keyboard short cuts. That & puts a line under the
next char
and when the dialog is open you can use that key to do that action instead of
the mouse. So with the sample dialog in your email, if you type
''c'' you will
open the colour chooser and ''f'' gets you the font
dialog
> 
> 
> On 07/05/2011 3:14 PM, "Ann Maybury" <ann.maybury <at>
gmail.com> wrote:In the
samples directory of WxRuby-ruby 192 there is a file called dialogs.rb.Within
this file there is a series of menu appends .?? A subset of is shown
below.----------------------------------? ?
file_menu.append(DIALOGS_CHOOSE_COLOUR, "&Choose
colour")
> ??? file_menu.append_separator()??? file_menu.append(DIALOGS_CHOOSE_FONT,
"Choose &font")-----------------------------------------------What
is the &
trying to tell me?? Why not just "Choose colour" or "Choose
font"

THANKS FOR YOUR RESPONSE.

When I run the samples/dialogs/dialogs.rb from which my question arose, there
are no underlines following the &.   Is there some configuration option that
I
may be missing?

aNN

On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 7:32 AM, Ann Maybury <ann.maybury at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Phillip & Kerrie Shelton <philkez <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> >
> >
> > It has to do with keyboard short cuts. That & puts a line under
the next
> char
> and when the dialog is open you can use that key to do that action instead
> of
> the mouse. So with the sample dialog in your email, if you type
''c'' you
> will
> open the colour chooser and ''f'' gets you the font dialog
> >
> >
> > On 07/05/2011 3:14 PM, "Ann Maybury" <ann.maybury
<at> gmail.com>
> wrote:In the
> samples directory of WxRuby-ruby 192 there is a file called
> dialogs.rb.Within
> this file there is a series of menu appends .   A subset of is shown
> below.----------------------------------
> file_menu.append(DIALOGS_CHOOSE_COLOUR, "&Choose colour")
> >     file_menu.append_separator()   
file_menu.append(DIALOGS_CHOOSE_FONT,
> "Choose
&font")-----------------------------------------------What is the &
> trying to tell me?  Why not just "Choose colour" or "Choose
font"
>
> THANKS FOR YOUR RESPONSE.
>
> When I run the samples/dialogs/dialogs.rb from which my question arose,
> there
> are no underlines following the &.   Is there some configuration option
> that I
> may be missing?
>
>
Press and hold Alt key
you should see it

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