Simple Editor Usage Questions

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HJarausch
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Simple Editor Usage Questions

Post by HJarausch »

Hi,

I have some very simple questions on the CodeLite's editor usage.

First, is there a means to copy a word with very few mouse clicks (without pull down menus).
In many GUIs I can select text by dragging or double clicking with the left mouse button and
copy it by clicking the middle mouse elsewhere. This doesn't seem to work with CodeLite as configured
by me. (Where can I find a description of mouse actions?)

Second, is there a means to indent/dedent a block previously select with the mouse?

Many thanks for some hints,
Helmut.
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Re: Simple Editor Usage Questions

Post by DavidGH »

Hi Helmut,

As you say, atm CodeLite doesn't seem to support the X primary selection, only the clipboard. wxStyledTextCtrl manages to support both, so this is a CodeLite bug and should be fixable.

You can indent/unindent selected text by using <Tab> and <Shift-Tab>.

Regards,

David
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Re: Simple Editor Usage Questions

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Thanks David.

Hopefully Eran will read your reply or should I create a bug report (where?).

Helmut.
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Re: Simple Editor Usage Questions

Post by DavidGH »

Bug reports go to here, but I'll have a look at fixing this one myself.
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HJarausch wrote:Hopefully Eran will read your reply
You may not know this, but David can fix everything that I can :)

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David rotfl at Eran's irony :lol:
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Re: Simple Editor Usage Questions

Post by DavidGH »

Hi again Helmut,

It was actually easy to fix: the code was present already but commented out, as apparently using the primary selection clears the clipboard in wxGTK-2.8.

Eran has now committed the patch, in r3975. But it will only operate for builds on >=wxGTK 2.9. Fortunately CodeLite now works well when built on the latest svn trunk :) .

Regards,

David
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