Hi Jussi,

I wanted to change the behaviour of the shift+tab so that if several lines are marked, the lines will move one tab backwards, even if the cursor is in the middle of the line ( and not before the first non blank character).
The macro below should do it and works perfectly as long as I ...

Hi Jussi,

I am used to deleting the marked text left of the cursor using the "backspace" key. In Word or any editor I know only the marked text is deleted and not the character at left of it. But after testing my macro again I decided that the speed is OK - the last time I checked it I had to many ...

Hi Jussi,

I did not know if to put it under "bugs" or "suggestions":

If you mark with the mouse several characters and then press the "Backspace" key the character left to the marked text is also deleted. :o :shock:
This is not very intuitive. I tried to replace the Backspace key by a macro - but ...

Hi Jussi,

Here is the description how to recreate the bug:

1) Move the cursor to a column that is not the first one on the line
2) Press alt-L to mark the line
3) Press the down arrow to mark a second line and stay in the same column in the line that is not the first column
4) Press a key that ...

I have encountered the same problem. Here is my solution:
Replace the copy by the script:

local mode = get_marked_mode()
if ( mode==0 ) then
set_global_string("sel_status","COLM")
else
set_global_string("sel_status","LINE")
end
MarkCopy()

Replace the cut by a similar script.
When you want ...

The EXTERNAL keyword should not cause any folding in FORTRAN - it is a declaration and has no end - it is a single line command

How do I check in a mcro if the user pressed Cancel in a dialog created by "user_input"?
By the way - did you succeed to recreate the bug were the program returned a wrong left marked column - as I described in response to you?

You are right - I missed one necessary step: after pressing alt+L to mark the line press the down arrow to mark an additional line - then you will see the problem

Thanks - the get_marked_mode() does the trick - but note that I could not find it anywhere in the help.
The problem with get_marked_right() exists.
What you need to do is to assign a key to "MarkLineToggle()" and in the editor put the cursor in the middle of a line and then press the key.
If you ...

In a macro if I use "set_editor_option("ModeInsert",ins)" the status line is not updated i.e. the Insert mode status in the line is left as it was although the insert mode is changed as requested

In a macro if I use "get_marked_left()" and the whole line is selected I do not get 1 as an answer - but the column where the user was when he marked the line with "MarkLineToggle". Is there any way to check if the whole line is marked?

Hi jussi,

Thanks for the very fast fix. It works now perfectly

It would be very usefull if I could enter a macro name in the definition of a template. This should enable me more sofisticated templates.

I am now evaluating the program and I like it very much.
I have found a problem in the folding that does not let me use it in FORTRAN in many files. In FORTRAN you can use a single line IF without THEN and ENDIF. Something like: IF ( ERROR ) EXIT . This confuses the folding. You should ignore IF's ...