Re: indent block of text with edSharp?

  • From: Alex Hall <mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:39:24 -0500

Thanks, it worked. I love edSharp!

On 1/31/11, Kerneels Roos <kerneels@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> You could also use the py braces stuff for this.
>
> Or you could cut out the code you want indented and paste it into a
> second buffer and then do your find and replace for newlines there.
>
> Or, if you know how many consecutive lines you want indented (call it N
> lines), using vim you could do this:
> place cursor on first line
> <esc>
> v -- for visual mode
> Nj -- the number of lines N followed by the letter j to move down that
> number of lines
>  > -- the greater than key will indent the default tab stop and shift
> width spaces.
>
> Or, given START and END line numbers (again with vim):
> <esc>
> :START,ENDs/^/ /g
>
> which goes into command mode with <esc> and then replaces the ^ (start
> of line) with a space gloabally throughout the range START,END.
>
> I've downloaded EdSharp today for the first time -- should have looked
> at it long time ago already. A funny thing was that I couldn't find a
> download link for it via Google because I was searching for Edge Sharp
> as in edge of the table ha ha -- what is screen readers doing to mankind.
>
> It would be awesome if EdSharp could incorporate a vim mode so one would
> not need to do a lot of Ctrl + Alt etc. for navigation -- not even to
> mention having to move your hands to the arrow keys all the time.
>
> Skimming through the documentation, I must say, EdSharp looks a nifty
> piece of work wow! Well done to everyone who helped make it.
>
> Cheers
> Kerneels
>
>
> On 1/31/2011 7:49 AM, Jacob Kruger wrote:
>> Well, I see on edit menu, there's an indent option that seems to work
>> on multiple, selected lines, but it uses a tab character - might be
>> changeable, or alternatively, you could use it, and then try replace
>> those tabs with spaces..?
>>
>> Stay well
>>
>> Jacob Kruger
>> Blind Biker
>> Skype: BlindZA
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>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Hall" <mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "programmingblind" <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 12:31 AM
>> Subject: indent block of text with edSharp?
>>
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> I am using Python, so indentation matters. I just realized that a
>>> couple hundred lines of code have to be inside a class, not outside of
>>> one. Is there a way I can basically select the code and tell edSharp
>>> to insert a space? I could use a find and replace for \n, replacing it
>>> with "\n ", but there is a lot of code in the file that does not need
>>> to be indented. Note that I use a space, not a tab, for my indents.
>>> Thanks.
>>>
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