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ferandec

Aug 28, 2017; 6:33pm

SOLVED : Unicode symbol for menu item in menu macro

This post was updated on Sep 05, 2017; 2:14pm.

Hello,

I'm trying to get a menu path like the following with the Asciidoctor menu macro :

Writing `menu:☰[Toolbox > Scratchpad]` in my asciidoc document doesn't give the expected result :

Is there a simple way to get what I want using menu macro or should I write the entire menu path manually with html entities (i.e. ` ☰ ▸ Toolbox ▸ Scratchpad `) ?

Thanks

Note : I found a post Use right arrow symbol in menu macro but it speaks about the separator symbol and not the menu item

-Ferandec

ferandec

Aug 29, 2017; 2:53pm

Re: Unicode symbol for menu item in menu macro

This post was updated on Aug 31, 2017; 12:52pm.

Hi,

I found a workaround in the thread relative to issue #173.

Dan mentions 2 forms for menu selections :
. menu macro : menu:View[Page Style > No Style]
. free form : "View > Page Style > No Style"

With the second form, I can get what I want with the following syntax : "icon:bars[x2] > Toolbox > Scratchpad".
The result is then :

It is worth to mention that, even with the 2nd form, using the html entity for the unicode symbol known as "trigram for heaven" (☰) in place of the bars icon in the top-level menu doesn't work.
Similarly, using bars icon for the top-level menu in the 1st form of menu selections doesn't give the expected result.

Best regards

-Ferandec

mojavelinux

Sep 04, 2017; 9:37pm

Re: Unicode symbol for menu item in menu macro

Administrator

I'm glad to hear you found a solution.

FYI, the following now works as of Asciidoctor 1.5.6.1.

menu:☰[Toolbox > Scratchpad]

The reason this didn't work in Asciidoctor <= 1.5.5 is because the "&" was not listed as a valid start character. I've since added it. (See https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/issues/2171).

Cheers,

-Dan

On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 8:53 AM, ferandec [via Asciidoctor :: Discussion] <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hi,

I found a solution in the thread relative to issue #173.

Dan mentions 2 forms for menu selections :
. menu macro : menu:View[Page Style > No Style]
. free form : "View > Page Style > No Style"

With the second form, I can get what I want with the following syntax : "icon:bars[x2] > Toolbox > Scratchpad".
The result is then :

It is worth to mention that, even with the 2nd form, using the html entity for the trigram for heaven unicode symbol (☰) in place of the bars icon in the top-level menu doesn' work.

Best regards

-Ferandec

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ferandec

Sep 05, 2017; 2:13pm

Re: Unicode symbol for menu item in menu macro

This post was updated on Sep 05, 2017; 2:38pm.

Thanks Dan for your answer and your work !

Sorry to have bothered the community for an already solved issue.

Now, It's time for me to upgrade Asciidoctor and, of course, improve my skills in the use of Github issues tracking system

-ferandec

mojavelinux

Sep 05, 2017; 5:46pm

Re: Unicode symbol for menu item in menu macro

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No problem. I'm always glad to help! Best of luck!

-Dan

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Thanks Dan for your answer and your work !

Sorry to have bothered the community for an already solved issue.

Now, It's time for me to update Asciidoctor and, of course, improve my skills in the use of Github issues tracking system

-ferandec

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CapitanPrimate

Sep 07, 2017; 3:18pm

Re: Unicode symbol for menu item in menu macro

Hello.

First of all, thank you very much for the great work you are doing with Asciidoctor.

I tried ferandec second form (in my case, it is "icon:filter[] > Informes de la semana", but I don't get any stylized text:

This is how a stylized menu should look:

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks in advance,

ferandec

Sep 07, 2017; 7:52pm

Re: Unicode symbol for menu item in menu macro

This post was updated on Sep 08, 2017; 5:39am.

Hello CapitanPrimate,

As pointed out in the user manual, using the User Interface Macros, to which menu selections belong, implies that "You must set the experimental attribute to enable these macros."

Have you done that ?

This is done by putting :experimental: in the document header.

-ferandec

CapitanPrimate

Sep 08, 2017; 12:10pm

Re: Unicode symbol for menu item in menu macro

This post was updated on Sep 08, 2017; 1:42pm.

Hello, ferandec.

Yes, I have set that attribute since the beginning and it does work, since the "menu:☰[Export > CSV]" macro works ok, but I didn't manage to make the solution that you proposed ("icon:bars[x2] > Toolbox > Scratchpad") work like the "menu:" macro (it doesn't render as a stylized text).

--
CP

mojavelinux

Sep 12, 2017; 4:13am

Re: Unicode symbol for menu item in menu macro

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You need to enable both the experimental and icons attributes in order for the second example to work.

:experimental:

:icons: font

"icon:bars[] > Toolbox > Scratchpad"

If the icons attribute is not set, you will just see the alt text "[bars]".

-Dan

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Hello, ferandec. Yes, I have set that attribute since the beginning and it does work, since the "menu:☰[Export > CSV]" macro works ok, but I didn't manage to make the solution that you proposed ("icon:bars[x2] > Toolbox > Scratchpad") work like the "menu:" macro (it doesn't render as a stylized text). -- CP

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CapitanPrimate

Sep 12, 2017; 2:35pm

Re: Unicode symbol for menu item in menu macro

Yes, I was using both attributes... But I overlooked the quotation marks that the icon:[] was enclosed in.

Now it's working perfectly. Thank you both very much for your help and sorry for any inconveniencies.

mojavelinux

Sep 12, 2017; 6:48pm

Re: Unicode symbol for menu item in menu macro

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Super! I'm glad to hear you got it working. Thanks for following up.

-Dan

On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 8:35 AM, CapitanPrimate [via Asciidoctor :: Discussion] <[hidden email]> wrote:

Yes, I was using both attributes... But I overlooked the quotation marks that the icon:[] was enclosed in.

Now it's working perfectly. Thank you both very much for your help and sorry for any inconveniencies.

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