[Geany] Column mode

[Bob Snyder]

Umm.. yeah that is pretty cumbersome. Especially for blocks with a lot 
of lines.

Thanks for the response, though.

Bob S.


chuck wrote:
> It would require some new code in the scintilla area I would guess, 
> but for a "quick"? workaround, pad all the lines with spaces out to 
> the longest line you want to include, then grab it all with a rectangle.
>
> I put the 'quick' in quotes because obviously, it could be cumbersome.
>
>
> chuck
>
> Bob Snyder wrote:
>> Column mode for selecting blocks of text is one of the little things 
>> that i use every once in a while that is more or less indispensable. 
>> In Geany, when selecting a block in column mode the rightmost edge of 
>> the selection is always the location of the cursor and the cursor 
>> won't go beyond the end of the line. So if a line in the middle of 
>> the block is longer than the bottom (or top) line, there isn't any 
>> way to include it in the selection.
>>
>> For example with this text:
>>
>> Not is the
>> time for all good men
>> to come to the aid
>> of their country.
>>
>> There isn't any way to select the whole thing as a block in column 
>> mode. Can anything be done about this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bob S.
>>
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