[SVN] Improving the smart typing behavior

[Mietek Bąk]

Hi,

Again, this is directed primarily at Allan, but I'd like to hear your  
comments.


I like snippets with default values, because they give me a feeling  
for the layout (yes, thank you, Infininight).  I'm also really used  
to replacing selected text simply by overtyping it with new text.  It  
happens quite often that I try to replace a selected placeholder with  
something starting with a character that's the first half of a smart  
typing pair (such as '(', '[' or '{').  This results in the  
placeholder text getting surrounded by the smart pair, and the  
selection getting lost, because the insertion point is moved after  
the second half of the smart pair.  It's extremely annoying, because  
I can't even undo this without breaking the snippet behavior!

I propose a modification to the smart typing behavior.  When there is  
an active selection, typing the first half of a smart typing pair  
should surround the selected text by the smart pair, and retain the  
selection.

This can already be accomplished somewhat by creating a snippet bound  
to '(', etc., containing:
	(${1:$TM_SELECTED_TEXT})
Unfortunately, this breaks the other niceties of smart typing, such  
as the overtyping of the second half of the smart pair, and so isn't  
really a solution.


-- 
(desp)