Is there any way to define what a "word" is?

torspe · Nov 15, 2005#12005-11-15T16:28+00:00

I would like the "_" character to be part of the word definition in UltraEdit.

I use Ctrl + left/right arrow alot and it's anoying when the cursor stops at underscore characters in variable names.

It would be nice if you could define it like you can define Ctrl + double click.

Torstein

Mofi · Nov 15, 2005#22005-11-15T17:07+00:00

CTRL+LEFT/RIGHT ARROW is a windows OS function and you cannot specify for it, which characters are word characters. If a program supports such a feature, than the developer of the program has written a code for it and does not use the windows (mfc) library function.

But it's possible to use macros to expand CTRL+LEFT/RIGHT function.

For Ctrl+RIGHT:

HexOff
Loop
Key Ctrl+RIGHT ARROW
IfEof
ExitLoop
EndIf
IfCharIs "_"
Key RIGHT ARROW
Else
ExitLoop
EndIf
EndLoop

For CTRL+LEFT

HexOff
Loop
Key Ctrl+LEFT ARROW
Key LEFT ARROW
IfCharIs "_"
Else
Key RIGHT ARROW
ExitLoop
EndIf
EndLoop

The second macro will fail to go to top of file, if the file starts with a word because of the automatic key right. But this should not be a real problem.

torspe · Nov 15, 2005#32005-11-15T17:29+00:00

I don't think this is a Windows/OS function. I would think that you will have the same problem in notepad, but you don't. Windows Notepad correctly see the underscore character as part of a word. At least on my copy of WinXP.

I have other editors like EditPlus. It also see underscore as part of a word.

I know that I can use macros. It's just that I think this is a bug in UltraEdit. I believe that most people using UltraEdit also do some kind of programing/code writing and almost all programing languages I know of accept _ as part of a defined name.

Torstein

Mofi · Nov 15, 2005#42005-11-15T20:00+00:00

OK, I'm not a windows programmer and don't really know, if it is a MFC function or not. Word97 also stops on _. But you are right, Notepad on WinXP has included _ as word character.

Write an e-mail to IDM support and ask for a feature request or if you think it is a bug for a bug fix.

I think, it would be great, if the word delimiters for CTRL+(SHIFT+)LEFT/RIGHT are loaded from the syntax highlighting definition if the file has one or from the "Delimiters" specification in the configuration/ini-file, if the current file has no syntax highlighting. Or a new delimiters specification only for CTRL+LEFT/RIGHT is added to the configuration dialog/ini-file.

Bandolero · May 05, 2006#52006-05-05T16:33+00:00

And when this is fixed, could you please make sure it also works for CTRL-SHIFT-LEFTARROW and RIGHTARROW

This would be a big BIG time saver for me too.

Any_word_on_it?

Mofi · May 05, 2006#62006-05-05T19:20+00:00

Also v12 of UE does not have a configuration setting, which characters a single word can have. According to help of UE topic Delimiters (Configuration - Editor) for selecting a single word only alphanumeric character and underscore '_' is recognized.

Please write a feature request email to IDM support if you need such a configuration setting to define what a "word" is.

I personally don't need it because I have set key repeat rate to maximum and key repeat delay to minimum. 3 or 5 CTRL+(SHIFT+) LEFT/RIGHT ARROW makes no difference for me with these settings.