Hi John, That makes no difference.
Chris On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 8:20 AM, john lunzer <[email protected]> wrote: > You shouldn't need to but please try adding @bool cursor_stay_on_paste = > True to your settings in myLeoSettings.leo. > > If that does not enable the behavior I will have to look into it further. > > > On Friday, November 20, 2015 at 10:52:53 AM UTC-5, Chris George wrote: >> >> 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. > -- 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.
