How to put marked lines in parenthesis?

[Marco Torskyj]

Hi,
how can i put marked lines in parenthesis?

For example:

1: kjhdfgjhgjfkdjhg dsfkjhg sdkjh gf
2: kfjgljjfgkf flf gli f fsljh f
3: khfkjhkjhsdkjhfjfkjhf fjfj wer erwer
4: nmdfss sjh ewr s dfjh f skjh f

now I select (mark) line 2 and 3 and the solution should look like this:

1: kjhdfgjhgjfkdjhg dsfkjhg sdkjh gf
(2: kfjgljjfgkf flf gli f fsljh f)
(3: khfkjhkjhsdkjhfjfkjhf fjfj wer erwer)
4: nmdfss sjh ewr s dfjh f skjh f

how can I achieve that? :)

[Claudia Frank]

@Marco-Torskyj

if this is a one time job use find and replace dialog with regular expression
and in selection checked. If you need to do this over and over again, record
a macro and save it. I will describe the steps for the macro as it contains the step
for find/replace as well.

1. Select the lines you want to modify

2. press record macro

3. press ctrl+h (to open the replace dialog)

4. put the following into the find inputbox

     ^(.*)$
   

5. put the following into the replace inputbox

     \(\1\)
   

6. check box in selection

7. check box Regular expression

8. press replace all

9. press save macro
   and give it a meaningful name.
   It appears now under the macro menu

Cheers
Claudia

[Marco Torskyj]

Thank you very much!!!
;)