http://forums.runrev.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3199
Not the post I was thinking of, but some really useful stuff in that forum thread about whole word selections. On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Warren Kuhl <warrenk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mike, > > Thank you very much. You have been most helpful! > > All the best! > Warren > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Would have to program it, and now that i'm more awake, not sure you need > to > > go through all the convoluted stuff I did. > > > > This is probably closer to what you can end up with. > > on mouseUp > > put word 2 of the selectedchunk into tChar > > put char 1 to tChar of field 1 into tTmp > > put the number of words in tTmp > > end mouseUp > > > > This will work with the exception that if your selection includes a space > > at > > the left the wordcount will be off by 1, so you'd have to test and decide > > how you want it to behave in that situation. Will also have to test for > a > > simple insertion point rather than a selection also and adjust > accordingly. > > > > > > To force full word selections, I believe one of the Marks posted > something > > a > > not too long ago that would do this... The gist of the script (If I > recall > > correctly) was that when a selection is made, you check for word > boundaries > > to the right and left and adjust the selection accordingly. > > Once you have your char positions you can set the selection. > > > > select char 5 to 12 of field "yourfield" > > > > I haven't actually tried the forced selection part. > > > > G'luck with all this. If I can locate the script I'm trying to remember, > > i'll post a link. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Warren Kuhl <warrenk...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Mike, > > > > > > Thank you very much for this. I really appreciate it. Looks exactly > > like > > > what I was looking for. > > > > > > You mentioned forcing only whole words. Is this a command? Or > something > > I > > > would need to program? > > > > > > Thanks again! > > > Warren > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > I'm positive this can be shortened, but as is should do what you > want. > > It > > > > could be simplified greatly of course if you are forcing only whole > > word > > > > selections, but this will account for partial word selects, and also > > just > > > > an > > > > insertion point. > > > > * > > > > on mouseUp > > > > -- Determine if there is actually a selection of more than 1 char > > > > if word 2 of the selectedchunk - word 4 of the selectedchunk < 0 > then > > > > put word 2 of the selectedchunk into tChar > > > > else > > > > put word 4 of the selectedchunk into tChar > > > > end if > > > > > > > > -- Determine if the selection is already on a word boundary. > > > > --if so determine which word the break is at. > > > > if char tChar of field 1 is space then > > > > put true into tCharMatch > > > > put char 1 to tChar of field 1 into tTmp > > > > put"Word: " & the number of words in tTmp + 1 into tWord > > > > end if > > > > > > > > -- if a match hasn't been found yet, and we're not at the field > start > > > > -- nudge 1 char left and check for word break. Repeat until top of > > > field > > > > or match > > > > repeat while tChar > 1 and tCharMatch is empty > > > > subtract 1 from tChar > > > > if char tChar of field 1 is space then > > > > put true into tCharMatch > > > > put char 1 to tChar of field 1 into tTmp > > > > put "Word: " & the number of words in tTmp + 1 into tWord > > > > else if tChar = 0 then > > > > --if we reach the start of the field, must be the first word > > > > put "Word: 1" into tWord > > > > end if > > > > end repeat > > > > > > > > answer information tWord > > > > end mouseUp* > > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 7:17 AM, Warren Kuhl <warrenk...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Is there an easy way to retrieve the word # of a field based on the > > > > > SelectedChunk? The SelectedChunk contains the start/end position > of > > a > > > > word > > > > > of a field. Just am trying to determine which word without to much > > > > > coding...if possible. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for any help! > > > > > Warren > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > use-revolution mailing list > > > > > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > > > > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > > > > subscription preferences: > > > > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > use-revolution mailing list > > > > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > > > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > > > subscription preferences: > > > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > use-revolution mailing list > > > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > > subscription preferences: > > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-revolution mailing list > > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution