> Michael Van Canneyt <mich...@freepascal.org> hat am 4. Juli 2019 um 11:05 > geschrieben: > > > > > On Thu, 4 Jul 2019, Pascal Riekenberg wrote: > > >> Michael Van Canneyt <mich...@freepascal.org> hat am 4. Juli 2019 um 10:43 > >> geschrieben: > >> On Thu, 4 Jul 2019, Pascal Riekenberg wrote: > >> > What about a Lazarus-Addon / Codetools extention that generates an old > >> > style > >> > multi-line string from a selection and the other way around to make old > >> > style > >> > multi-line strings editable again, so you can keep indention and > >> > trailing and > >> > leading whitespaces and special characters. > >> > >> This already exists. > >> > >> Edit/Multipaste > >> > > > > Oh, have never seen this! But i thought of a more convenient shortcut > > function: > > a) if i a selection is present: build multi-line string from selection in > > old style format > > b) if cursor is inside an old style multi-line string: open simple editor > > to edit and > > regenerate multi-line string after editor is closed. > > > > Perhaps a) could be extended/switched to generate external file and insert > > $INCLUDESTRINGFILE > > directive. > > Well, first $INCLUDESTRINGFILE must be integrated in the compiler. >
Sure! > I proposed something similar in the past on the lazarus mailing list, to > quote a block of text. I need it mainly for SQL statements. > > So I am all for this 'extension' :-) > Okay, nice project :-) I'll give it a try. I often need this for SQL, XML and any kind of source code generators (COBOL, shell scripts, ...). Pascal _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
