Hi Ryan, not the same result IMHO.
1. I column-select the text shown in https://i.ibb.co/WpL6Rmz/1.jpg Now the clipboard contains the text that extends from point (26,66) to point (26,72) 2. I move the cursor to point (27,66). See https://i.ibb.co/zGqQPPT/2.jpg 3. now I would like to press ctr-v 6 times and get the text inserted in the following 6 rows...but I cant. In fact, after the first insert, the cursor stays on row 27. See https://i.ibb.co/v1FJqzg/3.jpg Instead, it should move to position (28,66) 4. pic https://i.ibb.co/jDBfSpZ/4.jpg shows the result I wanted from the start. I can get it only by several uneeded clicks on the arrows keys... 5. my point is: in Lazarus edit the act of inserting a text which is column-selected has the same result that the act of inserting a text which is row-selected. It would be nice to differentiate the results (as it was in Delhi editor) so to satisfy different needs of the coder. Thank you Duilio On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 11:58 AM R.Smith via lazarus < lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote: > I'm not the coder, nor have any answer or thought on the matter, but I > would like to point out that if you select text (any text) and then use a > multi-cursor (pressing Alt+Shift+Down Arrow several times) and then Ctrl-V > to paste, you get such a multi-row paste very easily. > > Whether the mentioned IDE thing gets fixed or not, I find this the easier > way. > > Cheers! > Ryan > > On 2021/02/20 12:06, duilio foschi via lazarus wrote: > > If the coder in charge of the editor reads this, I have a prayer for him: > > 1. > > The text showed in > > https://i.ibb.co/0FQV1L0/3.jpg > > is column-selected using shift+alt+arrow followed by ctrl-C > > 2. using the arrows key, I move the cursor to the position shown in > > https://i.ibb.co/VmbVJtg/4.jpg > > 3. I press ctrl-V. The text ':string' is correctly copied into the > expected position but... look at the cursor > > https://i.ibb.co/PWLfsn9/5.jpg > > The cursor is now at the position after the 'g' in the same row where the > text was copied. > > So in the Lazarus editor there is no difference in copying a text > row-selected > and a text column-selected. > > In Delphi there is a big difference when you copy a text (at least until > v. 7, > when I stopped using it). > > Say you copy a text of lenght L from the clipboard into point (x,y). > If the text is row-selected, Delphi sets the cursor at point (x+L,y), > like the Lazarus editor does. > > But if the text is column-selected, Delphi sets the cursor at point > (x,y+1), > in the row below. > > This enables you to quickly copy several rows of text, as shown here > > https://i.ibb.co/98Y9WnD/6.jpg > > This ability is a big plus for a coder...well... at least I remember I was > using > it often :) > > . > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > lazarus mailing list > lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org > https://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus >
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