I have written a command to "Reflow comments" in my Stata do files. The command is as follows:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
sed -E -e 's_^\s*//(.*)_\1_' | # strip leading // and whitespace from each line fmt | # reflow comment text sed -E -e 's_^(.*)_//\1_' # prefix each line with //
Input is set to "Selected Text" or "Scope", and output is set to "Replace selected text".
If I invoke the command with the cursor in the middle of the following comment:
// this is a profoundly silly comment that I'm writing just to test out how to reflow comments // something strange happens when I select the text rather than simply execute it within the comment scope // i wonder what's going on // maybe i'll write to the mailing list
I get the desired output:
// this is a profoundly silly comment that I'm writing just to test out how to // reflow comments something strange happens when I select the text rather // than simply execute it within the comment scope i wonder what's going on // maybe i'll write to the mailing list
However, if I instead select the entire block of text, I get the following mangled result:
// this is a profoundly silly comment that I'm writing just to test out how to reflow comments // something strange happens when I select the text rather than simply execute it within the comment scope // i wonder what's going on // maybe i'll write to the mailing list
Can anyone explain what causes the differing behavior?
Thanks!
Michael Manti statboy3000@gmail.com
On 2 May 2008, at 03:26, Michael Manti wrote:
I have written a command to "Reflow comments" in my Stata do files. The command is as follows: [...] If I invoke the command with the cursor in the middle [...] I get the desired output:
However, if I instead select the entire block of text, I get the following mangled result: [...]
My guess is that when you fully select the comment, the scope of the selection is not so that your command’s scope selector targets it, and you get the default implementation of ⌃Q (assuming you invoke this by the ⌃Q key equivalent).
On May 6, 2008, at 9:58 PM, Allan Odgaard wrote:
On 2 May 2008, at 03:26, Michael Manti wrote:
I have written a command to "Reflow comments" in my Stata do files. The command is as follows: [...] If I invoke the command with the cursor in the middle [...] I get the desired output:
However, if I instead select the entire block of text, I get the following mangled result: [...]
My guess is that when you fully select the comment, the scope of the selection is not so that your command’s scope selector targets it, and you get the default implementation of ⌃Q (assuming you invoke this by the ⌃Q key equivalent).
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Ah! Thank you. I was checking the scope with the cursor at the beginning or end of the text, but without selecting it. Hence my confusion.
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