Hi Alex, I gave it a try: as revlet http://berndniggemann.on-rev.com/textLineNumbers/ as zipped stack http://berndniggemann.on-rev.com/textLineNumberStack/
is a proof of principle, seems to work though. Sometimes a little awkward :) regards Bernd Alex Tweedly wrote: > > The straightforward answer is using formattedText ..... but the deeper > question is what line numbering you want for the lines when there is > line-wrapping happening. For instance, if it is something like a source > code editor, then the line numbers (IMHO) should be independent of the > size of window currenty in use. > > For example, if I have the following text > > 1 My first line > 2 this is a very long line of text that is going to be wrapped in a > moment when I make the window narrow. > 3 third line. > > Then when the window becomes narrow, do I *want* > > 1 My first line > 2 this is a very long line of text that is going to be wrapped > 3 in a moment when I make the window narrow. > 4 third line. > > or do I want something like > > 1 My first line > 2 this is a very long line of text that is going to be wrapped > 2a in a moment when I make the window narrow. > 3 third line. > > It really depends on whether you are numbering the lines of the window > or the lines of the underlying text (or source code, or whatever); quite > often, I suspect, it should be the latter. And in that case I don't know > of any quick or easy way to figure out how the numbering should be done > :-( > > -- Alex. > > > > On 25/06/2010 08:25, Justin Sloan wrote: >> I went with using a parallel field to add line numbers and it is >> working well. However, rev only counts the line numbers based on the >> delimeter. So if word warp is turned on you end up with more lines >> then there are actual line numbers. >> >> Does anyone know of a way to count all the lines, even the lines that >> are wrapped and not separated by the delimeter? >> >> - Justin >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Jeff Massung<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I used a parallel field in my Cryogen editor (http://massj.tumblr.com >>> for >>> video + screenshot). Worked out perfectly, and now that I've done it >>> that >>> way once, I actually wouldn't want to do it any other way in the future. >>> >>> Jeff M. >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 6:01 AM, Justin >>> Sloan<[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I am planning to implement line numbers in a proprietary text editor >>>> that I wrote for in-house use. Problem is, I don't know how I am >>>> going to implement it. I thought about using a parallel text field, >>>> but there has to be an easier way. Any of you genius devs have any >>>> ideas? > -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Line-Numbers-in-Text-Editor-tp2266755p2269436.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
