LE: I've seen this
post:
http://www.macdrifter.com/2012/01/moving-text-editors-taking-bbedit-seriously.html,
wherefrom I've drawn some inspiration. But really, using Keyboard Maestro
or similar software is not that comfortable. Are there any "native"
alternatives?
On Saturday, August 6, 2016 at 6:01:35 PM UTC+3, Adrian Manea wrote:
>
> One of the main things I miss from Sublime Text is the ability to wrap
> selected text in symbols/markers or tags. I used this largely for Markdown
> and LaTeX, the main "languages" I write in. So it goes like this: you have
> some text which you want to italicize, say, select it and press * once and
> Sublime wraps the text in asterisks. It seems to recognize most symbols
> that are common for the language, since it works with all sorts of brackets
> or specific symbols and even some LaTeX environment tags.
>
> As I understand it, the only way to do this in BBEdit is to create a
> clipping based around #SELECTIONORINSERTION#. So basically if I want to
> wrap a text in, say, \textbf{...}, I have to create a specific clipping to
> say \textbf{#SELECTIONORINSERTION#}.
>
> This is largely inconvenient, because I have to create a clipping for each
> and every usage I'll ever have. For Markdown, I'd be OK with single or
> double asterisks for bold/italic, but for LaTeX, there are a lot of
> environments or commands which I'd need... Admittedly, I can setup one
> clipping for wrapping in curly braces, then write the appropriate command,
> but still, it's not very comfortable. And setting up keyboard shortcuts for
> each and every one of them is equally cumbersome.
>
> Are there alternatives? Or do I really have to create a clipping for each
> symbol or marker which I'll ever use for wrapping text in it? I understand
> and value clippings for more generous snippets, but for wrapping text in
> symbols, I'd say it's overly complicated.
>
> Thank you.
>
> P.S. I don't want to sound like I'm bashing BBEdit or its workflow! Quite
> the contrary, in fact, I love it. But as I'm trying to get a better command
> of it, I'd say it's natural for questions and frustrations to arise. :)
>
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