Hi John, I agree with you that a block is the bit of code between curly brackets, at least in C et al.
Thats why I just suggested adding the bit in parentheses in one place so it would be caught by a search done by any refugee from another editor who is seeking asylum with Geany :-) but doesn't change the Geany name of the feature. Cheers Lex 2009/9/7 John Yeung <[email protected]>: > Again, Enrico manages to hint at his opinion without saying anything > that could be considered negative. ;) Yes, we must compliment him on always being a perfect gentleman. It makes contributing to Geany always a pleasant experience. I appreciate this, but I > personally am going to go a little further and say that I think it's > kind of sad that Geany would add clutter to its documentation because > other editors made a bad choice of terminology. > > Since "block" can (and should!) mean other things to programmers, I > much prefer to the terms "column mode" and "rectangular selection". > These are much clearer and more direct. It's harder to misinterpret > them. And actually all the editors *I* have used call it one of those > two. (Granted, there are many editors I have not used.) > > If Lex wants to be nice and add it, then I guess it's really no skin > off my back. But I still think it's a little sad. > > John > _______________________________________________ > Geany mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.uvena.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geany > _______________________________________________ Geany mailing list [email protected] http://lists.uvena.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geany
