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?
>>>
>>

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