[TxMt] Re: Emulating keyboard activity with commands

[Dave Baldwin]

#!/usr/bin/env ruby -wKU
lines = STDIN.readlines
lines.delete_at(ENV['TM_LINE_NUMBER'].to_i - 1)
print lines.join

Dave.

On 3 Oct 2012, at 03:59, Steven Arnold <thoth_amon at mac.com> wrote:

> Here is my hackish way of deleting a line from a file.  It seems like overkill.  Anyone got a better approach?
> 
> #!/usr/bin/env ruby -wKU
> linenum = ENV['TM_LINE_NUMBER'].to_i
> lines = STDIN.readlines
> output = []
> lines.each_with_index do |line, idx|
>  if idx+1 != linenum
>    output << line
>  end
> end
> print output.join
> 
> You have to select the document as input, replace document as output, and use line interpolation as caret placement.  It only works if there is no selection.
> 
> steven
> 
> On Oct 2, 2012, at 9:20 PM, Steven Arnold <thoth_amon at mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Tim,
>> 
>> On Oct 2, 2012, at 7:56 PM, Timothy Bates <timothy.c.bates at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> If the \n preceding a line is in the selection, then a command setting the selection to "" will erase the newline.
>> 
>> This is a clever idea, but I am not sure how to increase the selection from the current line to the current line plus one character.  Do you have a code sample for that, or can you point me toward some resources that might document how that sort of thing can be done?
>> 
>>> Macro recording will be great when it comes (I'm actually waiting till TMs internal states like dynamic selections can be played with in bundle commands and snippets).
>> 
>> Definitely.  Editors like jEdit translate macros into a program.  I like that idea.  Everything that can be done in a macro is essentially translatable to a series of commands.
>> 
>>> If the example really is simply "do what backspace does when a line and the preceeding feed are selected", then that comes built-in and bound to backspace :-)
>> 
>> But I don't know how to make that happen in an automated way.  Are you saying just hit the backspace key manually each time?  I grant that's not much work, but it's annoying.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> steven
> 
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