[TxMt] prefix , suffix lines ala BBEdit in TextdMate?

[smarks.other]

Thanks, I will give this a try. I haven't parsed the  
column_selections fully yet, but at first blush I think I was hoping  
for something dead simple. Maybe it is simple, with the docs making  
it harder than it looks. (Before I posted the question, I did start  
reading this section from the online help...)

Anyway, I will give both approaches some study.

Thanks again.

Spencer

On Mar 9, 2007, at 2:02 PM, Steve Lianoglou wrote:

> Hi,
>
>> Look at column selection/typing:
>> http://macromates.com/textmate/manual/ 
>> working_with_text#column_selections
>>
>> On 9 Mar 2007, at 18:26, smarks.other wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I was wondering if there's an easy to to prefix or suffix  
>>> selected lines with a string.
>>>
>>> Anyone who has used BBEdit will know what I am taking about.
>>>
>>> I assume there is a way to do this, but I was hoping to avoid  
>>> regular expressions other overly complex gyrations.
>
> While the aforementioned column selection will do the trick for the  
> prefixing, suffixing may be tricker since the lines may not be  
> equally long.
>
> To deal with that,  you can highlight the lines you want to suffix  
> and hit cmd-opt-a and start typing away.
>
> Btw, the cmd-opt-a is the shortcut to "Text > Edit Each Line in  
> Selection"
>
> Hope that helps,
> -steve
>
>
>
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