indent whole line?

amazonpit · Apr 21, 2006#12006-04-21T02:21+00:00

Hi!
Does anybody know how to indent a line wherever the cursor is at? For example (note: | is the cursor):
(define abc
(lambda () (+ 1 2 3)) |

Then, pressing a key combination causes that line to be indented by one tab without me moving the cursor to the beginning of the line. (Note: ignore _, just to illustrate empty space cause HTML trims leading white spaces):
(define abc
__(lambda () (+ 1 2 3)) |

And of course the vice versa. Really useful for programming, a feature in emacs I think (but I hate emacs, it's so confusing). Currently on trial version of UltraEdit v12. Thanks in advanced, I hope the example illustrates my question.

Koko_McCracken · Apr 21, 2006#22006-04-21T02:50+00:00

Hello amazonpit,

when you need to write formatted text in a post, you can use the code button, the one with the #; just select the text and press the button:

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(define abc

    lambda () (+ 1 2 3)) |

I don't know exactly how to do what you want in a fast and clean way, there is an "Add Indent" function, but it requires to select the text, so it doesn't suits you; however, in my opinion, UltraEdit can do a quite good automatic indenting according with the file type you have if configured properly, maybe it could be another way of doing the same thing.

amazonpit · Apr 21, 2006#32006-04-21T04:23+00:00

Thanks for the prompt reply. Yea, I guess so. That feature is not essential, but it's a nice addition and I thought I asked if it exists already. Thanks for your help, I appreciate it.

Bego · Apr 21, 2006#42006-04-21T14:50+00:00

OK , here we go:

Make 3 macros:

KEY_HOME:

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Key HOME
IfColNumGt 1
Key HOME
EndIf

LINELEFT1:

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InsertMode
ColumnModeOff
HexOff
"XXXUNIQUEXXX"
PlayMacro 1 "KEY_HOME"
Key DEL
Find "XXXUNIQUEXXX"
Replace ""

LINERIGHT1

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InsertMode
ColumnModeOff
HexOff
"XXXUNIQUEXXX"
PlayMacro 1 "KEY_HOME"
" "
Find "XXXUNIQUEXXX"
Replace ""

KEY_HOME is there to be sure to be at POS1 of the line, whatever UE settings are set.
Bind those other 2 macros to e.g. Ctrl+Left Arrow / Right Arrow.

Not the fastest one, but it works.

BTW, it stuffes the line with BLANKS only. No tabs are respected.

rds Bego

Koko_McCracken · Apr 21, 2006#52006-04-21T20:06+00:00

Hello,

While having coffee this morning, I've come to this macro conclusion:

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InsertMode
ColumnModeOff
HexOff
Clipboard 9
StartSelect
Key HOME
Key HOME
EndSelect
Cut 
"	"
Paste 
ClearClipboard
Clipboard 0

It's a cheap and easy macro, and do the trick quite well, however it's a bit late because Bego had the solution already, however, I need to share it

God bless the coffee

amazonpit · Apr 22, 2006#62006-04-22T12:03+00:00

Wow, you guys are geniuses.

Thanks a lot, exactly what I wanted. Awesome.

Apr 22, 2006#72006-04-22T12:07+00:00

Is there a way to tell the macro to check if there's no tabs/spaces left in the first col, don't do the lineleft1?

edit:
nvm. figured it out.

thanks anyway though.

LINELEFT1

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InsertMode
ColumnModeOff
HexOff
":-:PROCESSING:-:"
PlayMacro 1 "KEY_HOME"
IfCharIs 9
Key DEL
EndIf
Find ":-:PROCESSING:-:"
Replace ""

Bego · Apr 22, 2006#82006-04-22T12:57+00:00

Jup. That makes sense.
I didn't implement this because I can live with the "hard behaviour". Anyway it makes sense and should be done.

Hmmm, Maybe the performance is better with a short unique-string like "@#$" or sth. Lets try it out

rds Bego

amazonpit · Apr 22, 2006#92006-04-22T22:08+00:00

Hey Bego, for the KEY_HOME macro:

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Key HOME
IfColNumGt 1
Key HOME
EndIf

Why does UltraEdit requires two execution of Key HOME to move cursor to beginning of line? Is that a bug or something?

Mofi · Apr 22, 2006#102006-04-22T22:33+00:00

At Configuration - Editor - Miscellaneous you can specify with Home Key Always Goto Column 1 how the HOME key works.

If this option is set, Key HOME sets the cursor always at column 1 and a single Key HOME in the macro is always enough. (That's the setting I always use.)

If this option is not checked (=default, I think) AND your current line contains preceding white-space characters (spaces or tabs), the first Key HOME sets the cursor to the first non-white-space character in that line. Now the cursor is already at the first non-white-space character and a second Key HOME sets the cursor to column 1.

But what happens when the cursor is already at the first non-white-space character before pressing the HOME key first time?

It isn't hard to guess. In this case the cursor is set with the first Key HOME to column 1 and a second Key HOME will set it back to the first non-white-space character. So the double Key HOME in the macro of Koko_McCracken will fail in this special situation too.

Only Begos' HOME macro makes sure, that the cursor is at column 1 independent of the configuration setting and if the current line has preceding white-space characters or not and where the cursor currently is.