Hi John,
I agree with you that a block is the bit of code between curly brackets, at least in C et al.
Thats why I just suggested adding the bit in parentheses in one place so it would be caught by a search done by any refugee from another editor who is seeking asylum with Geany :-) but doesn't change the Geany name of the feature.
Cheers Lex
2009/9/7 John Yeung gallium.arsenide@gmail.com:
Again, Enrico manages to hint at his opinion without saying anything that could be considered negative. ;)
Yes, we must compliment him on always being a perfect gentleman. It makes contributing to Geany always a pleasant experience.
I appreciate this, but I
personally am going to go a little further and say that I think it's kind of sad that Geany would add clutter to its documentation because other editors made a bad choice of terminology.
Since "block" can (and should!) mean other things to programmers, I much prefer to the terms "column mode" and "rectangular selection". These are much clearer and more direct. It's harder to misinterpret them. And actually all the editors *I* have used call it one of those two. (Granted, there are many editors I have not used.)
If Lex wants to be nice and add it, then I guess it's really no skin off my back. But I still think it's a little sad.
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