Re: Adding text vertically / column mode in BBEdit?

[Roland Küffner]

Am 09.10.2012 um 00:06 schrieb Rick:

> So if I had the text:
>
> the fox
> the dog
> the cat
>
> I could highlight the position right after the space on all the lines. The way you do that in BBEdit - as far as I can tell - is to hold the ALT key and drag with your mouse. Then you could type "red " and it would add "red " to all your lines:
>
> the red fox
> the red dog
> the red cat
>
> That doesn't work for me in BBEdit. It adds the "r" to all lines, but when I type the "e" it adds it to only the first line.

Make your rectangular selection. Then, instead of typing along, invoke the "Prefix/Suffix Lines" command from the "Text" menu. One step more, but it allows for a more powerful interaction if you want to change existing text (e.g. to add tags around it).

Roland

[Oliver Taylor]

On Oct 14, 2012, at 9:59 AM, giebellasche <gie...@giebellasche.de> wrote:

> Actually, Roland, I cannot see to get Rick's task accomplished. I think you can only get
>
> red the fox
> red the dog
> red the cat
>
> or
>
> the fox red
> the dog red
> the cat red
>
> with your trick. Could you please specify the settings of "Prefix/Suffix Lines" to get what Rick wanted. I think what Rick is asking for is something which is integrated in Sublime Text or Chocolat as "multiline cursor".

See page 87 of the manual. Make a rectangular selection of the column you want to insert text into and use Prefix/Suffix lines.

Also see here: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/bbedit/VHaJSjHwCa4

[Christopher Stone]

On Oct 14, 2012, at 11:59, giebellasche <gie...@giebellasche.de> wrote:

Actually, Roland, I cannot see to get Rick's task accomplished. I think you can only get

red the fox

red the dog

red the cat

or

the fox red

the dog red

the cat red

with your trick. Could you please specify the settings of "Prefix/Suffix Lines" to get what Rick wanted. I think what Rick is asking for is something which is integrated in Sublime Text or Chocolat as "multiline cursor".

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Hey GL,

You think?  Did you actually try it?  :)

I just did with no problems:

It's not as magical as watching multiple lines get live-edited at once, but it works.

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Best Regards,

Chris