I want to create a simple extension which modifies text buffers based on a command. No sample, documentation or template that I've found so far explains anything about working with text buffers. Anyone got a clue how to do this?
What I want to end up with is a format selection/document extension for text files, that wrap content around 72 characters per line.
I found this extension together with sample very helpful, and now I have something which works. Though it was very counter intuitive at first, I was trying to get the at the code window while this example instead uses a command filter to fiddle with the text view by extending the editor.
The ITextView interface provides access to the text in the editor, you can access the Buffer through that and make changes that way.
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For example, google docs can remebering the color, style, size and so on. Also, EXCEL can copy and paste data on diffierent charts. However, when you try to paste these into a txt, it failed and it seemed that there is nothing on the clipboard.
It shows that we can create our own style on clipboard. I wondering how it works and how could I set my own clipboard style and how to paste it(How to add a response event). Is there any API to achieve this?
Besides that, >>>>how could we get other program's data on the clipboard<<<<? I woundering this becuase I want to make a software that can help me remembering some special data forms(Sometimes I may forget and just press down Ctrl+C so I lose my data, and I have to get them again)
I have already serch the internet but there is no useful data.
Thank you.
Does anybody know of a non-manual method of highlighting syntax when pasted in InDesign?
I'm trying to show code of a project in an InDesign documentation but don't want to have to manually highlight the code, and preferably add numbered rows too.
Is there a plugin to achieve this?
This is the style in which I'd like to format the code.
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Not sure if you worked out an answer to this, but there's no magic button that will solve your problem.
However, InDesign does have a facility in each Paragraph style called GREP that can do what you're looking for.
This lets you write 'regex' or 'regular expressions' that are just rules for what to apply a given character style to. Yes, they look about as meaningful as Harry Potter incantations at first glance, but 2 or 3 simple regexes will get you a long way.
For instance:
(\<|<)!--\s*.*?\s*--(\>|>)
Will target HTML comments only.
(?<=").*?(?=")
This will target anything wrapped in straight double quotes.
(?<=\().*?(?=\))
This will target any text inside parentheses ().
There's an '#' symbol button in that GREP style next to where you type the regex - that gives you a drop-down menu that is almost like a 'Regex Wizard'. Try that too.
When you've got a regex that works, create a new character style for the text color and select it in the 'Apply Style' input.
Regexr.com has a tool that is good for testing this stuff. Paste your code sample in the bottom panel and your line of regex in the top. The bits that it targets will turn blue.
There is a searchable community panel on the left where people have probably already written expressions like the one you need.
I'm working out a JavaScript highlighter at the moment. It's a shame there's no communal 'Indesign style sharing library'.
Best of luck.
If had luck pasting syntax highlighted code into a Rich Text editor like Libre Office and then pasting it into Indesign. Just make sure whatever font your syntax highlighted code is in is also in InDesign because you'll get font missing errors when you pre-flight the book.
I notice in VS2013 that if I highlight text with a view to making a change, the same text is highlighted elsewhere in the file. However, I can't seem to find the option to reflect the change in multiple places when I start typing.
Is this feature just for information only or can I actually do multiple replacements by typing the change once?
This is not supported out of the box.
But there is a nice plugin you can use to enable this, called MultiEditing.
H/T to Scott Hanselman :)
Also note that even in standard VS2013, you can edit multiple lines by "box-highlighting".
This is where you create a "box-selection" either by holding down Alt and dragging a box around the text, or by Alt+Shift+ArrowKeys. Then start typing and the same text will appear on multiple lines.
e.g. with the following text:
Some text to demonstrate
Some info to demonstrate
Some more to demonstrate
...if you Alt+drag a box-selection around all 3 occurrences of the word to, and then type which, it will look like this:
Some text which demonstrate
Some info which demonstrate
Some more which demonstrate
This also works with copy/paste - the pasted text gets applied to all lines within the box-selection.
It's pretty hard for me to describe here, so try it yourself!
When I extract a method in CodeRush, it has some default formatting. I'd like to change it. Specifically, when I choose the location of the extracted method, CodeRush smashes it in, directly above the method I put the location marker at.
So:
When I choose to drop the extracted method, like this:
It ends up looking like this:
What I want is for it to have some control over how the method looks, at the moment I want to add some blank lines between it and the next method. How can I do that?
Open the DevExpress -> Options dialog;
Go to the Editor | Code Formatting | Blank Lines option page;
Toggle the 'After multi-line members' option.
I requested this here: http://www.devexpress.com/Support/Center/p/S130722.aspx
It got implemented here: http://www.devexpress.com/Support/Center/p/S19229.aspx
There's now a massive formatting subsystem I spent 3 hours fighting that tries to outdo ReSharper's massive formatting subsystem which both need to be able to survive VS Autoformat (CtrlK D) and don't always.
Now you know it's there, I'd appreciate a quick summary from you as to whether you were able to make it do what you wanted!
Can anyone tell me if there's a quick way to format your code in Text Mate, similar to pressing ctrl K+D in Visual studio?
Thanks!
Edit by Damien_The_Unbeliever:
For those not familiar with Ctrl K+D, it doesn't just indent code - it reformats it using the generally established formatting conventions in the editor - it may replace spaces with tabs or vice-versa for the indentation, ensure code is consistently indented, move braces to separate lines, etc.
TextMate reindenting and reformatting varies a little depending on the language you're using.
You can generally use the Text menu, that depending wether you have an active selection or not it will show you different commands under it. For example, if you have selected a section of code, there will be a Indent Selection menu item. If you have no active selection, it will be Indent Line.
To have this working properly, be sure to select the current language, if it isn't assigned yet (like on unsaved documents). If you're working with HTML, it will simply indent the lines depending on what's above it. It will keep line breaks intact.
If you need something to break out tags on new lines and properly format the document, you should use the Tidy command that is found in the Bundles menu, under HTML (or simply by using the shortcut CTRL+SHIFT+H. If you have a selection active at the moment that you use it, it will simply reindent that section. If instead you have no selection, it will properly reformat the whole document, including checking for tag validity and other errors.
The Bundles for other language have similar commands, like XML (still Tidy) and Javascript (that has a Reformat Document command).
As an ending note, I simply suggest to look into the Bundles menu; there are many little gems in it. ;)
Did you look in the menu bar? Under Text you have a couple of Reformat… entries that may fit your needs.
Beside these native features, some bundles — like the JavaScript one — have custom Reformat… commands : click on the little cog button at the bottom and explore your current language's bundle's content.