Leo 5.1-final, build 20151119195910, Thu Nov 19 19:59:10 CST 2015
Git repo info: branch = master, commit = c46e332967ae Python 2.7.6, PyQt version 4.8.6 linux2 Hi John, The behaviour has not changed for me at all, no matter whether I select the string using the keyboard or the mouse. The cursor always shifts to the end of the string. Chris On Friday, November 20, 2015 at 5:33:28 AM UTC-8, john lunzer wrote: > > This change has been checked in and is active for body text only. It is on > by default so you should be able to test immediately after update. > > I ran the unit tests for text commands and all passed. Please let me know > if you run into any strange behavior or crashes. > > On Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 7:23:30 AM UTC-5, john lunzer wrote: >> >> After having just poked around in the copy and paste code and after >> implemented my own cursor position retention code for other (unreleased) >> features I think it wouldn't be too much of an issue. >> >> I personally don't see why it would be an issue, I think the current >> behavior exists because it is a simpler implementation. I guess I could see >> why somebody might always want the cursor at the end of the paste and so >> you're right a new setting would probably be needed. >> >> Please submit this as an issue to the github page and I can add an >> enhancement flag to it. I can't promise a timeframe but I'll try to look >> into it sooner rather than later. I think I have all the code in different >> places, I think it would just be a matter of mixing it together. >> >> On Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 6:29:21 PM UTC-5, Chris George wrote: >>> >>> I have a question. >>> >>> It would be useful to me to have the position of the cursor retained >>> when copy/pasting text. >>> >>> For example: If I begin selecting a word/snippet of text from the left >>> to the right and I paste it, the cursor remains at the end of the string. >>> If I select from right to left and then copy/paste, the cursor still goes >>> to the end of the string. It would be more consistent for me if it were to >>> remain at the beginning of the string, if that was where it was during the >>> copy/paste operation. >>> >>> None of the other applications I tested on my Linux box display this >>> behaviour either, so I imagine that there is a good reason why no one does >>> this but I can't think of what it might be. >>> >>> So, is there a good reason why no one does this and how hard would it be >>> to add this to Leo with a setting to allow the user ot choose the desired >>> behaviour? >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
