One other useful tidbit is that it will skip over the ending quote if you type it... so when you type “ and get “|”, you can type “text|” and then the next quote will skip over the automatically added one. (“|” is the insertion point) On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 8:09 AM Martin Koob via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> Maybe I am the last person to know this but if you don't this may be > helpful. > > I was getting frustrated with the new feature that automatically puts the > end quote when you type the initial quote. > > It works fine if you are typing the initial quote first and then the text > contained within the quote. > i.e. if I wanted to type myCleverFunction("my string") > > when I type > > myCleverFunction( > > script editor would complete the parentheses to give you > > myCleverFunction() > > with the cursor between the parentheses. > > Then when I type an initial quote and I would get > > myCleverFunction("") > > with my cursor between the quotes so I could type the text in the quotes. > So > that works great. > > What would drive me nuts was if I had to go back in a line of script after > it had been typed and add quotes or parentheses around some text already > there. > > If I typed an initial quote I would get this: > > ""put in quotes > > Instead of what I wanted: > > "put in quotes > > So I would have to delete one of the quotes then put my cursor at the end > of > the string and type the quote and again get this. > > "put in quotes"" > > Again I have to delete one of the quotes. > > Then by accident I found how you are actually supposed to do it. > > Select the text 'put in quotes' then type the quote and the quotes will be > put at the beginning and end of the selection. > > The same works for open parenthesis '(' and open square bracket '['. > > That saves a keystroke and some mousing around to get the second quote > insertion point over the old way with out the auto complete. > > I did a quick search but could not find this in the documentation so > thought > I would post that epiphany here. > > Happy quoting. > > Martin Koob > > > > > -- > Sent from: > http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Revolution-User-f278306.html > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode