I believe the only problem is that a selection that starts on an
end-of-line does not properly include that line. This is fixed in the
next set of scripts.
Oleg Kobchenko wrote:
In other words, ("[" is select start, "]" is select end)
1 one two
2 one two[ <- end-of-line start is a problem
3 one two]
4 one two
1 one two
2 one two[NB. <- now, incorrect
NB. 3 one two]
4 one two
1 one two
[NB. 2 one two <- should be so
NB. 3 one two]
4 one two
--- Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Let's say I have a J function that's several lines long. I want to comment
out a couple lines, or remove the comments.
One approach: click on the first line:
home N B . down home N B .
or
home del del del down home del del del
Alternatively, the J session manager has a shortcut for this -- select
the lines and use ctrl-shft-n or ctrl-shft-b
The problem is that these were not designed to be easy to use.
You are expected to select the lines down to the nearest character.
If you select partial lines, strange things start happening.
For example, it almost makes sense if you select starting from
the end of one line down through all of the subsequent line, then
part of the line after that (let's say that last line is a long one).
Almost... but not quite.
ctrl-shft-n sticks an extra NB. at the end of the partial line
highlight is then adjusted to include all of the long line at
the bottom.
ctrl-shft-b then removes the NB. at the begining of the lines where
it was at the begining, but it leaves the NB. that was at
the end of the partial line. And, the highlight is now adjusted
to include all three lines.
A subsequent ctrl-shft-n then comments out all three lines.
This is "almost convenient".
But it seems to me that this could be made more convenient
if these features were designed to work consistently with lines.
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