Re: [Lazarus] I say a little prayer (for the Lazarus editor)

2021-03-16 Thread Martin Frb via lazarus
On 16/03/2021 19:03, duilio foschi wrote: Hi Martin somebody fixed this point, too. See https://mega.nz/file/SkwVwIaS#qC1UeaSGy2kLwEQTSl57CPIYJZY34LYdMQQh7zb9ruY I am sending the unit synedit.pp fixed for both the st

Re: [Lazarus] I say a little prayer (for the Lazarus editor)

2021-03-16 Thread duilio foschi via lazarus
Hi Martin somebody fixed this point, too. See https://mega.nz/file/SkwVwIaS#qC1UeaSGy2kLwEQTSl57CPIYJZY34LYdMQQh7zb9ruY I am sending the unit synedit.pp fixed for both the stable and the trunk version. I can finally work in column mode as I was accustomed to do in Delphi :) HTH Duilio On Sun

Re: [Lazarus] I say a little prayer (for the Lazarus editor)

2021-02-21 Thread Martin Frb via lazarus
On 21/02/2021 16:53, Juha Manninen via lazarus wrote: On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 1:30 PM Martin Frb via lazarus mailto:lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org>> wrote: And one more thing, if you plan to submit a patch, please add an option to SynEdit.Options2 Many people are used to the cur

Re: [Lazarus] I say a little prayer (for the Lazarus editor)

2021-02-21 Thread Juha Manninen via lazarus
On Sun, Feb 21, 2021 at 1:30 PM Martin Frb via lazarus < lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote: > And one more thing, if you plan to submit a patch, please add an option > to SynEdit.Options2 > Many people are used to the current behaviour, I do not plan to upset them. > This particular feature sh

Re: [Lazarus] I say a little prayer (for the Lazarus editor)

2021-02-21 Thread duilio foschi via lazarus
Hi Martin, thank you for the detailled instructions. Re your question >does the Caret go to the start of the insert, or does it automatically move one line down too? in Delphi/column mode, the caret moves one line down at each insert. 1. starting from this status https://i.ibb.co/jL30yFx/1.jp

Re: [Lazarus] I say a little prayer (for the Lazarus editor)

2021-02-21 Thread Martin Frb via lazarus
On 21/02/2021 10:02, duilio foschi wrote: Hi Martin, I am too lazy to learn how to use editor scripts. Probably it will be more productive to spend some time to correct the editor code. After all, the Jedi editor - written in Delphi and available in source code - behaves like old Delphi edi

Re: [Lazarus] I say a little prayer (for the Lazarus editor)

2021-02-21 Thread duilio foschi via lazarus
Hi Martin, I am too lazy to learn how to use editor scripts. Probably it will be more productive to spend some time to correct the editor code. After all, the Jedi editor - written in Delphi and available in source code - behaves like old Delphi editor in column mode. How can I try to fix the p

Re: [Lazarus] I say a little prayer (for the Lazarus editor)

2021-02-20 Thread Martin Frb via lazarus
On 20/02/2021 13:11, duilio foschi via lazarus wrote: pic https://i.ibb.co/jDBfSpZ/4.jpg shows the result I wanted from the start. I can get it only by several uneeded clicks on the arrows keys... https://imgur.com/a/w5uzUhh copy Then instead of pasting onc

Re: [Lazarus] I say a little prayer (for the Lazarus editor)

2021-02-20 Thread Martin Frb via lazarus
On 20/02/2021 15:03, Martin Frb via lazarus wrote: But if the text is column-selected, Delphi sets the cursor at point (x,y+1), in the row below. I thought I had seen that once (I used to once have D5) but I could neither remember where, nor how it was triggered Please report this as

Re: [Lazarus] I say a little prayer (for the Lazarus editor)

2021-02-20 Thread Martin Frb via lazarus
On 20/02/2021 15:03, Martin Frb via lazarus wrote: But if the text is column-selected, Delphi sets the cursor at point (x,y+1), in the row below. I thought I had seen that once (I used to once have D5) but I could neither remember where, nor how it was triggered Here is the Pascal scr

Re: [Lazarus] I say a little prayer (for the Lazarus editor)

2021-02-20 Thread Martin Frb via lazarus
On 20/02/2021 11:06, duilio foschi via lazarus wrote: So in the Lazarus editor there is no difference in copying a text row-selected and a text column-selected. Well there is no diff with regards to caret placement. If you do column select over more than one line, and paste it, it will inse

Re: [Lazarus] I say a little prayer (for the Lazarus editor)

2021-02-20 Thread duilio foschi via lazarus
Hi Ryan, not the same result IMHO. 1. I column-select the text shown in https://i.ibb.co/WpL6Rmz/1.jpg Now the clipboard contains the text that extends from point (26,66) to point (26,72) 2. I move the cursor to point (27,66). See https://i.ibb.co/zGqQPPT/2.jpg 3. now I would like to press c

Re: [Lazarus] I say a little prayer (for the Lazarus editor)

2021-02-20 Thread R.Smith via lazarus
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 mentione

[Lazarus] I say a little prayer (for the Lazarus editor)

2021-02-20 Thread duilio foschi via lazarus
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 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 3. I p