Two questions about trev

Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com
Tue Sep 15 11:30:35 EDT 2009


J. Landman Gay wrote:
> BBEdit just selects the text, exactly as if you'd dragged across it with 
> the mouse. That's handy because you can hit an arrow key, which removes 
> the selection, and start typing. Or you can type any string and it 
> replaces the selected text (which can be a surprise the first time until 
> you realize it's just a text selection, but "undo" works to fix it.)
> 
> I like that it is simply a text selection. It uses my selection color 
> and acts as I'd expect. It allows undo to work, or lets me grab the 
> selected chunk and drag to move it elsewhere.

Excellent - thanks for the info, Jacque.  Not only does it have the 
advantages you describe, but it simplifies the code and takes care of an 
outstanding design decision I'd have to deal with otherwise: When to 
hide the "ControlSel" graphic.

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  Richard Gaskin
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