Replacement in a rectangular selection doesn't work in V 9.63 either. (OS X 10.6.6.) I get Application error code 13200: "The operation is not permitted in the current selection". Perhaps this is a "limitation" and not a bug.
Steve On Sep 16, 2:41 pm, Christopher Stone <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Vj > > On Sep 15, 2011, at 16:01, VA wrote: > > > Coming from the UltraEdit world, I tried rectangular selecting lines and > > inserting characters at the beginning of each of the lines by just typing > > it (without using Prefix/Suffix Lines). > > I like UltraEdit on the PC but not so much on the Mac. > > That feature could be useful, but I'd be surprised to see it materialize in > BBEdit - especially since prefix lines exists and can be bound to a keyboard > shortcut. But you never know. > > If you want to make a real feature request though make sure to contact > support: <[email protected]> > > > After the first character was typed the selection was unselected. This is > > not the problem. The problem is when you just undo this by typing > > Command+Z, the text is all lost and only reloading the file brought it back. > > Eew. I just tried this out with very nasty results. > > I also tried doing a find/replace on the columnar-selection, and BBEdit > 10.0.2 (3089) choked. > > I think this deserves a bug-report, and that too should be sent to support. > > > Also another option I'd like is to have the ability to open the editor with > > the files table view always ON. Otherwise if I had the files view ON, but > > only one file open, when I close and the reopen the editor the editor size > > becomes just bigger taking up the previous files table space as well. And > > then reopening the files table only increases the editor size. Not a biggy, > > but hey we are all obsessed with details, right? > > I find the way open/close File List functions uncomfortable and wish the file > list would extend to the left rather than the edit area extending to the > right. > > To solve your issue there's an expert pref (see expert preferences in the > BBEdit Help): > > • On the other hand, if you want the file list to always be visible when you > make a new editing window, you can do that as well: > > defaults write com.barebones.bbedit AlwaysShowFileList -bool YES > > -- > Best Regards, > Chris -- 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] 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 "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit>
