[Geany-Users] Re: Extending selection by another line
On March 9, 2024 8:20:10 PM GMT-04:00, Lex Trotman via Users wrote: >See #3786 > > >On Sun, 10 Mar 2024 at 09:01, H via Users >wrote: >> >> On 03/09/2024 04:22 PM, Little Girl via Users wrote: >> > Hey there, >> > >> > H via Users wrote: >> > >> >> Tried your modification but it still does not work properly. >> > I'm sorry. I had high hopes that it would. >> > >> >> Could I ask you try to select an entire line using SHIFT-ALT-L, >then >> >> extend your selection one or more lines down using SHIFT-downarrow >> >> but then change your mind and instead extend the selection one or >> >> more lines up using SHIFT-L going above your original selection. >> >> Does this work? >> > I saw your other message in which you corrected this to say that I >> > should press Shift+Alt+L to select a paragraph, then change >> > my mind, and then press Shift+up arrow to try to select lines above >> > the existing selection. That slowly unselects my existing >selection, >> > one line at a time, and then starts selecting one line at a time of >> > text above it. >> > >> >> And, does it work regardless of whether the lines below/above your >> >> original selection are longer than your original selected line? >> > I thought I'd answer this for all of these selections. The >Shift+A+L >> > selects the entire paragraph. The Shift+down arrow and the Shift+up >> > arrow each select one visible line at a time, not one wrapped line, >> > so my cursor jumps down or up by only one line each time time I >press >> > the down arrow or up arrow. It doesn't care about the content and >> > whether it should be considered a line because it's wrapped. It's >only >> > interested in the actual visible lines. >> > >> >> Which version of geany are you running and what environment? >> > I'm using Geany 1.38 under Kubuntu 22.04 LTS on a desktop computer >> > and I keep the operating system fully up-to-date. All of its >software >> > is from the Ubuntu repositories. >> > >> OK, we are in agreement, ie while you can select one entire line >using SHIFT-ALT-L, one cannot extend the selection by entire lines >up/down. >> >> If anyone knows how to accomplish this, I would like to hear. I am >surprised that I seem to be the first to have a need for this? >> >> I used to use Visual Slickedit which was very powerful. >> >> ___ >> Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org >___ >Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org >To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org Thank you for raising this as a bug to be fixed. ___ Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org
[Geany-Users] Re: Extending selection by another line
Hey there, H via Users wrote: >OK, we are in agreement, ie while you can select one entire line >using SHIFT-ALT-L, one cannot extend the selection by entire lines >up/down. I agree, since you included "up" in that and I haven't yet figured out how to extend the selection upward. Downward is working perfectly, though, extending the selection by one full line-number at a time. -- Little Girl There is no spoon. ___ Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org
[Geany-Users] Re: Extending selection by another line
Hey there, H via Users wrote: >I know that in paragraph when writing documents would be up to the >next CR/LF, however, I used the term paragraph differently, >referring to a block of code preceded by an empty line and followed >by an empty line. I have not seen a key combination for that, nor an >entry in keybindings. I created two paragraphs of Lorem Ipsum text, each containing several sentences ending in periods. The paragraphs were separated by a blank line. For the downward tests, I selected the top paragraph first. For the upward test, I selected the bottom paragraph first. Where things get fuzzy is in whether or not a line means the line-number of the current line even if it wraps to another line-number. In all of my tests, wrapping was ignored. -- Little Girl There is no spoon. ___ Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org
[Geany-Users] Re: Extending selection by another line
See #3786 On Sun, 10 Mar 2024 at 09:01, H via Users wrote: > > On 03/09/2024 04:22 PM, Little Girl via Users wrote: > > Hey there, > > > > H via Users wrote: > > > >> Tried your modification but it still does not work properly. > > I'm sorry. I had high hopes that it would. > > > >> Could I ask you try to select an entire line using SHIFT-ALT-L, then > >> extend your selection one or more lines down using SHIFT-downarrow > >> but then change your mind and instead extend the selection one or > >> more lines up using SHIFT-L going above your original selection. > >> Does this work? > > I saw your other message in which you corrected this to say that I > > should press Shift+Alt+L to select a paragraph, then change > > my mind, and then press Shift+up arrow to try to select lines above > > the existing selection. That slowly unselects my existing selection, > > one line at a time, and then starts selecting one line at a time of > > text above it. > > > >> And, does it work regardless of whether the lines below/above your > >> original selection are longer than your original selected line? > > I thought I'd answer this for all of these selections. The Shift+A+L > > selects the entire paragraph. The Shift+down arrow and the Shift+up > > arrow each select one visible line at a time, not one wrapped line, > > so my cursor jumps down or up by only one line each time time I press > > the down arrow or up arrow. It doesn't care about the content and > > whether it should be considered a line because it's wrapped. It's only > > interested in the actual visible lines. > > > >> Which version of geany are you running and what environment? > > I'm using Geany 1.38 under Kubuntu 22.04 LTS on a desktop computer > > and I keep the operating system fully up-to-date. All of its software > > is from the Ubuntu repositories. > > > OK, we are in agreement, ie while you can select one entire line using > SHIFT-ALT-L, one cannot extend the selection by entire lines up/down. > > If anyone knows how to accomplish this, I would like to hear. I am surprised > that I seem to be the first to have a need for this? > > I used to use Visual Slickedit which was very powerful. > > ___ > Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org ___ Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org
[Geany-Users] Re: Extending selection by another line
On 03/09/2024 04:22 PM, Little Girl via Users wrote: > Hey there, > > H via Users wrote: > >> Tried your modification but it still does not work properly. > I'm sorry. I had high hopes that it would. > >> Could I ask you try to select an entire line using SHIFT-ALT-L, then >> extend your selection one or more lines down using SHIFT-downarrow >> but then change your mind and instead extend the selection one or >> more lines up using SHIFT-L going above your original selection. >> Does this work? > I saw your other message in which you corrected this to say that I > should press Shift+Alt+L to select a paragraph, then change > my mind, and then press Shift+up arrow to try to select lines above > the existing selection. That slowly unselects my existing selection, > one line at a time, and then starts selecting one line at a time of > text above it. > >> And, does it work regardless of whether the lines below/above your >> original selection are longer than your original selected line? > I thought I'd answer this for all of these selections. The Shift+A+L > selects the entire paragraph. The Shift+down arrow and the Shift+up > arrow each select one visible line at a time, not one wrapped line, > so my cursor jumps down or up by only one line each time time I press > the down arrow or up arrow. It doesn't care about the content and > whether it should be considered a line because it's wrapped. It's only > interested in the actual visible lines. > >> Which version of geany are you running and what environment? > I'm using Geany 1.38 under Kubuntu 22.04 LTS on a desktop computer > and I keep the operating system fully up-to-date. All of its software > is from the Ubuntu repositories. > OK, we are in agreement, ie while you can select one entire line using SHIFT-ALT-L, one cannot extend the selection by entire lines up/down. If anyone knows how to accomplish this, I would like to hear. I am surprised that I seem to be the first to have a need for this? I used to use Visual Slickedit which was very powerful. ___ Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org
[Geany-Users] Re: Extending selection by another line
On 03/09/2024 04:12 PM, Little Girl via Users wrote: > Hey there, > > H via Users wrote: >> Little Girl via Users wrote: >>> Make Home and End keys go to beginning and end of displayed line >>> rather than wrapping to another line: >>> >>> 1. Open the "Edit" menu. >>> 2. Choose "Preferences". >>> 3. Choose the "Keybindings" tab. >>> 4. Double-click "Go to Start of Line". >>> 5. Press the "Alt" and "Home" keys at the same time. >>> 6. Left-click the "OK" button. Click "Override" if you get a warning >>> that that key combination is already in use. >>> 7. Double-click "Go to End of Line". >>> 8. Press the "Alt" and "End" keys at the same time. >>> 9. Left-click the "OK" button. Click "Override" if you get a warning >>> that that key combination is already in use. >>> 10. Double-click "Go to Start of Display Line". >>> 11. Press the "Home" key. >>> 12. Left-click the "OK" button. >>> 13. Double-click "Go to End of Display Line". >>> 14. Press the "End" key. >>> 15. Left-click the "OK" button. >>> 16. Left-click the "Apply" button. >>> 17. Left-click the "OK" button. >> Looking at the modification you made, it seems that it does >> accomplish the desired result. > Yeah, it definitely does. It's just swapping out those two pairs of > keybindings. > >> I am surprised that this would not be part of standard geany >> behavior. > Things like that are developer decisions. I never mind those as long > as I'm given the power to override them, and Geany is polite and lets > me do that. > >> Also, being able to select an entire paragraph could be a >> useful feature. > It seems we have it with that key-combination you posted, but I > suppose it might be nice to have it as a toolbar button. > >> Thank you for sharing your modification, I will try it. > I hope you like it. > I know that in paragraph when writing documents would be up to the next CR/LF, however, I used the term paragraph differently, referring to a block of code preceded by an empty line and followed by an empty line. I have not seen a key combination for that, nor an entry in keybindings. ___ Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org
[Geany-Users] Re: Extending selection by another line
> > Try pressing Shift+Alt+L, releasing Alt and L, and then pressing the > down arrow while you're still pressing the Shift key. > > It works. Great. ___ Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org
[Geany-Users] Re: Extending selection by another line
Hey there, H via Users wrote: >Tried your modification but it still does not work properly. I'm sorry. I had high hopes that it would. >Could I ask you try to select an entire line using SHIFT-ALT-L, then >extend your selection one or more lines down using SHIFT-downarrow >but then change your mind and instead extend the selection one or >more lines up using SHIFT-L going above your original selection. >Does this work? I saw your other message in which you corrected this to say that I should press Shift+Alt+L to select a paragraph, then change my mind, and then press Shift+up arrow to try to select lines above the existing selection. That slowly unselects my existing selection, one line at a time, and then starts selecting one line at a time of text above it. >And, does it work regardless of whether the lines below/above your >original selection are longer than your original selected line? I thought I'd answer this for all of these selections. The Shift+A+L selects the entire paragraph. The Shift+down arrow and the Shift+up arrow each select one visible line at a time, not one wrapped line, so my cursor jumps down or up by only one line each time time I press the down arrow or up arrow. It doesn't care about the content and whether it should be considered a line because it's wrapped. It's only interested in the actual visible lines. >Which version of geany are you running and what environment? I'm using Geany 1.38 under Kubuntu 22.04 LTS on a desktop computer and I keep the operating system fully up-to-date. All of its software is from the Ubuntu repositories. -- Little Girl There is no spoon. ___ Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org
[Geany-Users] Re: Extending selection by another line
Hey there, H via Users wrote: >Little Girl via Users wrote: >>Make Home and End keys go to beginning and end of displayed line >>rather than wrapping to another line: >> >>1. Open the "Edit" menu. >>2. Choose "Preferences". >>3. Choose the "Keybindings" tab. >>4. Double-click "Go to Start of Line". >>5. Press the "Alt" and "Home" keys at the same time. >>6. Left-click the "OK" button. Click "Override" if you get a warning >>that that key combination is already in use. >>7. Double-click "Go to End of Line". >>8. Press the "Alt" and "End" keys at the same time. >>9. Left-click the "OK" button. Click "Override" if you get a warning >>that that key combination is already in use. >>10. Double-click "Go to Start of Display Line". >>11. Press the "Home" key. >>12. Left-click the "OK" button. >>13. Double-click "Go to End of Display Line". >>14. Press the "End" key. >>15. Left-click the "OK" button. >>16. Left-click the "Apply" button. >>17. Left-click the "OK" button. > >Looking at the modification you made, it seems that it does >accomplish the desired result. Yeah, it definitely does. It's just swapping out those two pairs of keybindings. >I am surprised that this would not be part of standard geany >behavior. Things like that are developer decisions. I never mind those as long as I'm given the power to override them, and Geany is polite and lets me do that. >Also, being able to select an entire paragraph could be a >useful feature. It seems we have it with that key-combination you posted, but I suppose it might be nice to have it as a toolbar button. >Thank you for sharing your modification, I will try it. I hope you like it. -- Little Girl There is no spoon. ___ Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org
[Geany-Users] Re: Extending selection by another line
On 03/09/2024 01:27 PM, H via Users wrote: > On 03/09/2024 12:51 PM, H wrote: >> On March 9, 2024 12:42:22 PM GMT-05:00, Little Girl via Users >> wrote: >>> Hey there, >>> >>> H via Users wrote: >>> Did you try to extending the selection by more than one line? >>> Yep. I created two separate paragraphs with a blank line between them >>> and each paragraph contains several complete sentences. >>> >>> The initial press of Shift+Alt+L selects the entire first paragraph. >>> Releasing the Alt and L and pressing the down arrow sends me down one >>> line at a time, selecting the entire line each time. >>> By the way, even if it did work by keeping SHIFT pressed, it would mean that you had to extend the selection at the same time as you make the initial selection. >>> Yes, although I figured that was what you had originally wanted. >>> In most cases you may want to extend the selection after looking at your initial selection, ie after you released the keys. Needing to keep SHIFT pressed seems suboptimal - even if it worked. >>> That can be done this way: >>> >>> 1. Press Shift+Alt+L to select the current paragraph. >>> 2. Let go of all of those keys. >>> 3. Change your mind and decide you want to select more lines. >>> 4. Press Shift+down arrow repeatedly to select more lines. >>> I asked the question because I could not find a keybinding in Preferences for extending a selection by entire lines. >>> Hopefully this will solve that. >>> Do you have such a keybinding in your Preferences? >>> Nothing specifically for that, but I have this one modification that >>> I make to the Geany keybindings any time I do a fresh installation >>> because I feel so strongly about the behavior. It's possible that the >>> selection process we're using above uses the Home and End keys under >>> the hood. If so, the configuration below may affect the behavior and >>> that could explain why we're seeing different results: >>> >>> >>> Make Home and End keys go to beginning and end of displayed line >>> rather than wrapping to another line >>> >>> A default Geany behavior that I don't like is that the "Home" and >>> "End" keys go to the beginning and end of the current line no matter >>> how long the line is, so if the line wraps, you could end up on a >>> totally different line. This can be disturbing and disorienting for >>> those of us who expect a "Home" or "End" key-press to take us to the >>> beginning or end of the current line without wrapping. Luckily, Geany >>> offers us a way to configure the behavior: >>> >>> 1. Open the "Edit" menu. >>> 2. Choose "Preferences". >>> 3. Choose the "Keybindings" tab. >>> 4. Double-click "Go to Start of Line". >>> 5. Press the "Alt" and "Home" keys at the same time. >>> 6. Left-click the "OK" button. Click "Override" if you get a warning >>> that that key combination is already in use. >>> 7. Double-click "Go to End of Line". >>> 8. Press the "Alt" and "End" keys at the same time. >>> 9. Left-click the "OK" button. Click "Override" if you get a warning >>> that that key combination is already in use. >>> 10. Double-click "Go to Start of Display Line". >>> 11. Press the "Home" key. >>> 12. Left-click the "OK" button. >>> 13. Double-click "Go to End of Display Line". >>> 14. Press the "End" key. >>> 15. Left-click the "OK" button. >>> 16. Left-click the "Apply" button. >>> 17. Left-click the "OK" button. >>> >> Looking at the modification you made, it seems that it does accomplish the >> desired result. I am surprised that this would not be part of standard geany >> behavior. Also, being able to select an entire paragraph could be a useful >> feature. >> >> Thank you for sharing your modification, I will try it. >> > Tried your modification but it still does not work properly. Could I ask you > try to select an entire line using SHIFT-ALT-L, then extend your selection > one or more lines down using SHIFT-downarrow but then change your mind and > instead extend the selection one or more lines up using SHIFT-L going above > your original selection. Does this work? And, does it work regardless of > whether the lines below/above your original selection are longer than your > original selected line? > > Which version of geany are you running and what environment? > > ___ > Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org Typo. s/extend the selection one or more lines up using SHIFT-L going above your original selection/extend the selection one or more lines up using SHIFT-uparrow going above your original selection/ ___ Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org
[Geany-Users] Re: Extending selection by another line
On 03/09/2024 12:51 PM, H wrote: > On March 9, 2024 12:42:22 PM GMT-05:00, Little Girl via Users > wrote: >> Hey there, >> >> H via Users wrote: >> >>> Did you try to extending the selection by more than one line? >> Yep. I created two separate paragraphs with a blank line between them >> and each paragraph contains several complete sentences. >> >> The initial press of Shift+Alt+L selects the entire first paragraph. >> Releasing the Alt and L and pressing the down arrow sends me down one >> line at a time, selecting the entire line each time. >> >>> By the way, even if it did work by keeping SHIFT pressed, it would >>> mean that you had to extend the selection at the same time as you >>> make the initial selection. >> Yes, although I figured that was what you had originally wanted. >> >>> In most cases you may want to extend the selection after looking at >>> your initial selection, ie after you released the keys. Needing to >>> keep SHIFT pressed seems suboptimal - even if it worked. >> That can be done this way: >> >> 1. Press Shift+Alt+L to select the current paragraph. >> 2. Let go of all of those keys. >> 3. Change your mind and decide you want to select more lines. >> 4. Press Shift+down arrow repeatedly to select more lines. >> >>> I asked the question because I could not find a keybinding in >>> Preferences for extending a selection by entire lines. >> Hopefully this will solve that. >> >>> Do you have such a keybinding in your Preferences? >> Nothing specifically for that, but I have this one modification that >> I make to the Geany keybindings any time I do a fresh installation >> because I feel so strongly about the behavior. It's possible that the >> selection process we're using above uses the Home and End keys under >> the hood. If so, the configuration below may affect the behavior and >> that could explain why we're seeing different results: >> >> >> Make Home and End keys go to beginning and end of displayed line >> rather than wrapping to another line >> >> A default Geany behavior that I don't like is that the "Home" and >> "End" keys go to the beginning and end of the current line no matter >> how long the line is, so if the line wraps, you could end up on a >> totally different line. This can be disturbing and disorienting for >> those of us who expect a "Home" or "End" key-press to take us to the >> beginning or end of the current line without wrapping. Luckily, Geany >> offers us a way to configure the behavior: >> >> 1. Open the "Edit" menu. >> 2. Choose "Preferences". >> 3. Choose the "Keybindings" tab. >> 4. Double-click "Go to Start of Line". >> 5. Press the "Alt" and "Home" keys at the same time. >> 6. Left-click the "OK" button. Click "Override" if you get a warning >> that that key combination is already in use. >> 7. Double-click "Go to End of Line". >> 8. Press the "Alt" and "End" keys at the same time. >> 9. Left-click the "OK" button. Click "Override" if you get a warning >> that that key combination is already in use. >> 10. Double-click "Go to Start of Display Line". >> 11. Press the "Home" key. >> 12. Left-click the "OK" button. >> 13. Double-click "Go to End of Display Line". >> 14. Press the "End" key. >> 15. Left-click the "OK" button. >> 16. Left-click the "Apply" button. >> 17. Left-click the "OK" button. >> > Looking at the modification you made, it seems that it does accomplish the > desired result. I am surprised that this would not be part of standard geany > behavior. Also, being able to select an entire paragraph could be a useful > feature. > > Thank you for sharing your modification, I will try it. > Tried your modification but it still does not work properly. Could I ask you try to select an entire line using SHIFT-ALT-L, then extend your selection one or more lines down using SHIFT-downarrow but then change your mind and instead extend the selection one or more lines up using SHIFT-L going above your original selection. Does this work? And, does it work regardless of whether the lines below/above your original selection are longer than your original selected line? Which version of geany are you running and what environment? ___ Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org
[Geany-Users] Re: Extending selection by another line
On March 9, 2024 12:42:22 PM GMT-05:00, Little Girl via Users wrote: >Hey there, > >H via Users wrote: > >>Did you try to extending the selection by more than one line? > >Yep. I created two separate paragraphs with a blank line between them >and each paragraph contains several complete sentences. > >The initial press of Shift+Alt+L selects the entire first paragraph. >Releasing the Alt and L and pressing the down arrow sends me down one >line at a time, selecting the entire line each time. > >>By the way, even if it did work by keeping SHIFT pressed, it would >>mean that you had to extend the selection at the same time as you >>make the initial selection. > >Yes, although I figured that was what you had originally wanted. > >>In most cases you may want to extend the selection after looking at >>your initial selection, ie after you released the keys. Needing to >>keep SHIFT pressed seems suboptimal - even if it worked. > >That can be done this way: > >1. Press Shift+Alt+L to select the current paragraph. >2. Let go of all of those keys. >3. Change your mind and decide you want to select more lines. >4. Press Shift+down arrow repeatedly to select more lines. > >>I asked the question because I could not find a keybinding in >>Preferences for extending a selection by entire lines. > >Hopefully this will solve that. > >>Do you have such a keybinding in your Preferences? > >Nothing specifically for that, but I have this one modification that >I make to the Geany keybindings any time I do a fresh installation >because I feel so strongly about the behavior. It's possible that the >selection process we're using above uses the Home and End keys under >the hood. If so, the configuration below may affect the behavior and >that could explain why we're seeing different results: > > >Make Home and End keys go to beginning and end of displayed line >rather than wrapping to another line > >A default Geany behavior that I don't like is that the "Home" and >"End" keys go to the beginning and end of the current line no matter >how long the line is, so if the line wraps, you could end up on a >totally different line. This can be disturbing and disorienting for >those of us who expect a "Home" or "End" key-press to take us to the >beginning or end of the current line without wrapping. Luckily, Geany >offers us a way to configure the behavior: > >1. Open the "Edit" menu. >2. Choose "Preferences". >3. Choose the "Keybindings" tab. >4. Double-click "Go to Start of Line". >5. Press the "Alt" and "Home" keys at the same time. >6. Left-click the "OK" button. Click "Override" if you get a warning >that that key combination is already in use. >7. Double-click "Go to End of Line". >8. Press the "Alt" and "End" keys at the same time. >9. Left-click the "OK" button. Click "Override" if you get a warning >that that key combination is already in use. >10. Double-click "Go to Start of Display Line". >11. Press the "Home" key. >12. Left-click the "OK" button. >13. Double-click "Go to End of Display Line". >14. Press the "End" key. >15. Left-click the "OK" button. >16. Left-click the "Apply" button. >17. Left-click the "OK" button. > Looking at the modification you made, it seems that it does accomplish the desired result. I am surprised that this would not be part of standard geany behavior. Also, being able to select an entire paragraph could be a useful feature. Thank you for sharing your modification, I will try it. ___ Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org
[Geany-Users] Re: Extending selection by another line
Hey there, H via Users wrote: >Did you try to extending the selection by more than one line? Yep. I created two separate paragraphs with a blank line between them and each paragraph contains several complete sentences. The initial press of Shift+Alt+L selects the entire first paragraph. Releasing the Alt and L and pressing the down arrow sends me down one line at a time, selecting the entire line each time. >By the way, even if it did work by keeping SHIFT pressed, it would >mean that you had to extend the selection at the same time as you >make the initial selection. Yes, although I figured that was what you had originally wanted. >In most cases you may want to extend the selection after looking at >your initial selection, ie after you released the keys. Needing to >keep SHIFT pressed seems suboptimal - even if it worked. That can be done this way: 1. Press Shift+Alt+L to select the current paragraph. 2. Let go of all of those keys. 3. Change your mind and decide you want to select more lines. 4. Press Shift+down arrow repeatedly to select more lines. >I asked the question because I could not find a keybinding in >Preferences for extending a selection by entire lines. Hopefully this will solve that. >Do you have such a keybinding in your Preferences? Nothing specifically for that, but I have this one modification that I make to the Geany keybindings any time I do a fresh installation because I feel so strongly about the behavior. It's possible that the selection process we're using above uses the Home and End keys under the hood. If so, the configuration below may affect the behavior and that could explain why we're seeing different results: Make Home and End keys go to beginning and end of displayed line rather than wrapping to another line A default Geany behavior that I don't like is that the "Home" and "End" keys go to the beginning and end of the current line no matter how long the line is, so if the line wraps, you could end up on a totally different line. This can be disturbing and disorienting for those of us who expect a "Home" or "End" key-press to take us to the beginning or end of the current line without wrapping. Luckily, Geany offers us a way to configure the behavior: 1. Open the "Edit" menu. 2. Choose "Preferences". 3. Choose the "Keybindings" tab. 4. Double-click "Go to Start of Line". 5. Press the "Alt" and "Home" keys at the same time. 6. Left-click the "OK" button. Click "Override" if you get a warning that that key combination is already in use. 7. Double-click "Go to End of Line". 8. Press the "Alt" and "End" keys at the same time. 9. Left-click the "OK" button. Click "Override" if you get a warning that that key combination is already in use. 10. Double-click "Go to Start of Display Line". 11. Press the "Home" key. 12. Left-click the "OK" button. 13. Double-click "Go to End of Display Line". 14. Press the "End" key. 15. Left-click the "OK" button. 16. Left-click the "Apply" button. 17. Left-click the "OK" button. -- Little Girl There is no spoon. ___ Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org
[Geany-Users] Re: Extending selection by another line
On 03/09/2024 11:17 AM, Little Girl via Users wrote: > Hey there, > > H via Users wrote: >> Little Girl via Users wrote: >>> Try pressing Shift+Alt+L, releasing Alt and L, and then pressing >>> the down arrow while you're still pressing the Shift key. >>> >> Does not work either, it, like my previous attempt, selects partial >> lines. > Interesting. It selects full lines for me. Did you let go of both the > Alt and the L keys before pressing the down arrow? > I did. Did you try to extending the selection by more than one line? By the way, even if it did work by keeping SHIFT pressed, it would mean that you had to extend the selection at the same time as you make the initial selection. In most cases you may want to extend the selection after looking at your initial selection, ie after you released the keys. Needing to keep SHIFT pressed seems suboptimal - even if it worked. I asked the question because I could not find a keybinding in Preferences for extending a selection by entire lines. Do you have such a keybinding in your Preferences? ___ Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org
[Geany-Users] Re: Extending selection by another line
Hey there, H via Users wrote: >Little Girl via Users wrote: >> Try pressing Shift+Alt+L, releasing Alt and L, and then pressing >> the down arrow while you're still pressing the Shift key. >> >Does not work either, it, like my previous attempt, selects partial >lines. Interesting. It selects full lines for me. Did you let go of both the Alt and the L keys before pressing the down arrow? -- Little Girl There is no spoon. ___ Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org
[Geany-Users] Re: Extending selection by another line
On 03/09/2024 11:10 AM, Little Girl via Users wrote: > Hey there, > > H via Users wrote: > >> Hmm, does not work for me. After I select an entire line using >> SHIFT-ALT-L (not CTRL-ALT-L as I erroneously wrote), >> SHIFT-downarrow/SHIFT-uparrow do not select additional entire lines? > Try pressing Shift+Alt+L, releasing Alt and L, and then pressing the > down arrow while you're still pressing the Shift key. > Does not work either, it, like my previous attempt, selects partial lines. ___ Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org
[Geany-Users] Re: Extending selection by another line
Hey there, H via Users wrote: >Hmm, does not work for me. After I select an entire line using >SHIFT-ALT-L (not CTRL-ALT-L as I erroneously wrote), >SHIFT-downarrow/SHIFT-uparrow do not select additional entire lines? Try pressing Shift+Alt+L, releasing Alt and L, and then pressing the down arrow while you're still pressing the Shift key. -- Little Girl There is no spoon. ___ Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org
[Geany-Users] Re: Extending selection by another line
On 03/08/2024 11:03 PM, Lex Trotman via Users wrote: > shift + downarrow ? > > On Sat, 9 Mar 2024 at 11:09, H via Users wrote: >> Running geany 1.37. I know I can select an entire line with CTRL-ALT-L but >> how do I then extend the selection by additional lines? >> >> Thanks. >> >> ___ >> Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org > ___ > Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org Hmm, does not work for me. After I select an entire line using SHIFT-ALT-L (not CTRL-ALT-L as I erroneously wrote), SHIFT-downarrow/SHIFT-uparrow do not select additional entire lines? ___ Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org
[Geany-Users] Re: Extending selection by another line
shift + downarrow ? On Sat, 9 Mar 2024 at 11:09, H via Users wrote: > > Running geany 1.37. I know I can select an entire line with CTRL-ALT-L but > how do I then extend the selection by additional lines? > > Thanks. > > ___ > Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org ___ Users mailing list -- users@lists.geany.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.geany.org
