Multi-cursor editing

Alan Kilborn

@Ekopalypse said in Multi-cursor editing:

The documentation for searchFlags is described here.

Yes but that documentation falls flat when you need an actual number to pass to a function!

Is there some Python magic one can do to find these identifiers? What I mean is, if I do dir(MENUCOMMAND) in the P.S. console, I see:

>>> dir(MENUCOMMAND)
['CLEAN_RECENT_FILE_LIST', 'EDIT_AUTOCOMPLETE', 'EDIT_AUTOCOMPLETE_CURRENTFILE', 'EDIT_AUTOCOMPLETE_PATH', 'EDIT_BEGINENDSELECT', ...

Some similar way of finding these “SCFIND_” things?

Ekopalypse

@Alan-Kilborn

for readability you normally use FINDOPTION.NONE instead of the 0.
In order to get all values from such enum you can call its values method.
For example: FINDOPTION.values() would return

{0: Npp.FINDOPTION.NONE, 1048576: Npp.FINDOPTION.WORDSTART, 2: Npp.FINDOPTION.WHOLEWORD, 4: Npp.FINDOPTION.MATCHCASE, 2097152: Npp.FINDOPTION.REGEXP, 8388608: Npp.FINDOPTION.CXX11REGEX, 4194304: Npp.FINDOPTION.POSIX}

Alan Kilborn

@Ekopalypse said in Multi-cursor editing:

for readability you normally use FINDOPTION.NONE instead of the 0.

Yes, but you have to know that EXISTS first! :-)

To your point about “readability”…that’s why I was asking.
I would much rather NOT use the magic number of zero.

I didn’t see anything that logically links FINDOPTION to the SCFIND nomenclature. Maybe I missed the connection.

Alan Kilborn

@Ekopalypse said in Multi-cursor editing:

For example: FINDOPTION.values() would return

Just a slight note for any future readers:

FINDOPTION.values() at the Pythonscript console yields:

>> FINDOPTION.values()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'dict' object is not callable

The proper thing to do is FINDOPTION.values (no parentheses).

Ekopalypse

Ooopps - you are right, thx for reporting.
Seems I have wrapped it incorrectly with my python3 plugin.

Yes, not every enum has really the same, but most of the time similar, name as the normal c-headers have.
To get all the enums you can run globals() in the console or from a script.

Alan Kilborn

@Ekopalypse said in Multi-cursor editing:

my python3 plugin.

gimme, Gimme, GIMME! :-)

Ekopalypse

I’m sorry, but it’s still an alpha version.
As long as not all functions/methods work as described
you’re not really gonna enjoy it.
Had a nasty plugin crash yesterday because instead using
an signed integer I used an unsigned one. :-(

But there will be fewer and fewer open issues.
And since I was wrong with the release date several times,
I prefer not to give a forecast until when a beta version can be expected.

The actual situation, Corona, has one advantage - I have more time to work on PySnack (That’s what I want to call it).

astrosofista

@Ekopalypse said in Multi-cursor editing:

Thanks for testing and improving.

Glad to be of help. Let me know if more tests are needed.

Best Regards.

Michael Vincent

@dail said in Multi-cursor editing:

I use BetterMultiSelection

As do I - along with SurroundSelection and DoxyIt. Do you still support DoxyIt, I submitted a pull request a little while back.

Cheers.

dail

@Michael-Vincent

Personally I haven’t used DoxyIt in years. I wouldnt say it’s not supported, just my interest is quite lacking.

In light of recent circumstances I find myself with copious amounts of free time currently, so I will make it a point to take a look at your PR soon.