On 03/09/2024 12:51 PM, H wrote: > On March 9, 2024 12:42:22 PM GMT-05:00, Little Girl via Users > <users@lists.geany.org> 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?
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