How to bookmark group of selected line

[Shekhar Singh]

how to bookmark group of selected line
if i select more than one line , than i can only bookmark one usimg cntrol f2 function

[Alan Kilborn]

@Shekhar-Singh

Open the Mark dialog (press Ctrl+m).

Find what: (?-s).*
Bookmark line: checked
In selection: checked
Search mode: Regular expression

Press: Mark All

[Shekhar Singh]

hi , thanks for replying. I wanted do same with a a simple hot key.

[Alan Kilborn]

@Shekhar-Singh said in ow to bookmark group of selected line:

I wanted do same with a a simple hot key.

So make a macro out of the operation I described.

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Is there a lot of usefulness in bookmarking a series of lines in this manner?

[Alan Kilborn]

@Alan-Kilborn said in ow to bookmark group of selected line:

(?-s).*

Actually, (?-s).* won’t bookmark any empty lines in the selected region.

Try an even simpler \R as the Find what expression.

This has the added bonus of NOT redmarking anything.

(I still don’t see a great reason for bookmarking a consecutive number of lines… Hmm, maybe if there’s going to be a sort and all of the marked lines would move to vastly different locations. I wish the OP would chime in an give a really good rationale for this)

[Shekhar Singh]

@Alan-Kilborn yes, there is usefulness to make a to-do list or keeping track of things, but i didnt understand how to make macro from that

[Alan Kilborn]

@Shekhar-Singh said in How to bookmark group of selected line:

yes, there is usefulness to make a to-do list or keeping track of things

I’d hoped for a better explanation than that… :-(

[Alan Kilborn]

@Shekhar-Singh said in How to bookmark group of selected line:

i didnt understand how to make macro from that

• set up the operation in the Mark window
• start macro recording
• press the Mark All button
• end macro recording
• save and name macro

[Shekhar Singh]

@Alan-Kilborn one more thing , i wish it could work without selection as well for bookmarking a single line . like cntrl + f2 wrks , if possible. thanks for replying.

[Alan Kilborn]

@Shekhar-Singh said in How to bookmark group of selected line:

one more thing , i wish it could work without selection as well for bookmarking a single line . like cntrl + f2 wrks

So just add Toggle Bookmark to the macro?
(When running with selection, don’t select the last intended line fully.)

[Shekhar Singh]

@Alan-Kilborn what does oggle bookmark mean .

[Alan Kilborn]

@Shekhar-Singh said:

what does oggle bookmark mean

Please try to do basic proofreading on the posts you are composing before hitting Submit.

[Shekhar Singh]

@Alan-Kilborn adding toggle bookmark mean ?
you saying to select half line ?

[Alan Kilborn]

@Shekhar-Singh

• set up the operation in the Mark window:
  Find what: \R
  Bookmark line: checked
  In selection: checked
  Search mode: Regular expression
• start macro recording
• press the Mark All button
• press Ctrl+F2 (which is Toggle Bookmark)
• end macro recording
• save and name macro

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With selection:

Run macro to get:

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Without selection:

Run macro to get: