Thanks for all the replies, and for reminding me that I'm a complete dinosaur for still programming in Fortran ;^>. Obviously Doug you haven't had to program in Fortran 90/95. Official form for continuations is to put an ampersand in col. 73 of the first line and another one in col. 6 of the continuation line. The second part is what's always been done, but the col. 73 bit is a royal PITA. If there are a variable number of existing characters in each line, which is the case here since I am editing existing code, I am not sure John's script will work. Luckily I am just doing this in a short code so it won't kill me to edit by hand, but I was hoping for a better solution for future occasions when I have to update more massive programs.
On Oct 14, 2:07 pm, Doug McNutt <dougl...@macnauchtan.com> wrote: > At 18:32 +0100 10/14/10, John Delacour wrote: > > >At 08:33 -0700 14/10/2010, jtk wrote: > > >>Has anyone figured out how to automatically place a character (e.g., > >>&) in the same column of selected lines? This would be really useful > >>for Fortran continuation lines. So far I can't see how to do it other > >>than spacing one by one over from the end of the text to column 73, > >>which is really tedious if you're updating old code with a lot of > >>continuation lines. > > >I don't see quite what you're wanting to do > > Neither do I. The last time I ordered a continuation in FORTRAN it was on a > Hollerith card in column 6. Sequence numbers begin in column 73 for sorting > of a dropped deck. I'm pretty sure that modern compilers allow for long lines. > > You need to punch a tab control card and insert it on the drum at the top of > the 026 card punch. That way the tab key on the keyboard will move the blank > card to the right spot. > > Seriously though, the best way to edit and otherwise muck with card images > like that is with a spreadsheet. Second best is Nisus 5 on a classic mac like > this 8500. I have been recently told that emacs allows real tab stops but I > haven't yet figured out how to set the required configuration options. > > It's fairly easy, on a spreadsheet, to prepare formats that convert columns > to data plus spaces that guarantee character spacing assuming constant width. > Excel's REPT( ) function, for instance. > > The folks are Bare Bones have never agreed with me that variable width tab > stops are meaningful. > > -- > --> The best programming tool is a soldering iron <-- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "BBEdit Talk" discussion group on Google Groups. To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en> If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
