I'm not the coder, nor have any answer or thought on the matter, but I
would like to point out that if you select text (any text) and then use
a multi-cursor (pressing Alt+Shift+Down Arrow several times) and then
Ctrl-V to paste, you get such a multi-row paste very easily.
Whether the mentioned IDE thing gets fixed or not, I find this the
easier way.
Cheers!
Ryan
On 2021/02/20 12:06, duilio foschi via lazarus wrote:
If the coder in charge of the editor reads this, I have a prayer for him:
1.
The text showed in
https://i.ibb.co/0FQV1L0/3.jpg <https://i.ibb.co/0FQV1L0/3.jpg>
is column-selected using shift+alt+arrow followed by ctrl-C
2. using the arrows key, I move the cursor to the position shown in
https://i.ibb.co/VmbVJtg/4.jpg <https://i.ibb.co/VmbVJtg/4.jpg>
3. I press ctrl-V. The text ':string' is correctly copied into the
expected position but... look at the cursor
https://i.ibb.co/PWLfsn9/5.jpg <https://i.ibb.co/PWLfsn9/5.jpg>
The cursor is now at the position after the 'g' in the same row where the
text was copied.
So in the Lazarus editor there is no difference in copying a text
row-selected
and a text column-selected.
In Delphi there is a big difference when you copy a text (at least
until v. 7,
when I stopped using it).
Say you copy a text of lenght L from the clipboard into point (x,y).
If the text is row-selected, Delphi sets the cursor at point (x+L,y),
like the Lazarus editor does.
But if the text is column-selected, Delphi sets the cursor at point
(x,y+1),
in the row below.
This enables you to quickly copy several rows of text, as shown here
https://i.ibb.co/98Y9WnD/6.jpg <https://i.ibb.co/98Y9WnD/6.jpg>
This ability is a big plus for a coder...well... at least I remember I
was using
it often :)
.
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