[TxMt] Re: Changing the selection in a script/command

[Richard Drake]

Brilliant, thanks


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On 12 October 2014 08:46, Allan Odgaard <mailinglist at textmate.org> wrote:

> On 12 Oct 2014, at 9:25, Richard Drake wrote:
>
>  Thanks René
>>
>> You gave me the crucial clue but, for the record, it's (for example)
>>
>> TM_SELECTED_TEXT="some text"
>> TM_SELECTION="14:6-14:15"
>>
>> and it's the second one I was missing.
>>
>
> For the records, TM_SELECTION follows the selection string syntax
> documented here: http://manual.textmate.org/references.html#selection-
> string
>
> For example with multiple selections or columnar selections, you will see
> & and x in the string, and with “freehanded” placement of caret (e.g.
> option click past end of line) you will see + (which can also occur for
> column selections).
>
> I think a regexp like this can be used for a simple parser:
>
>     /^(\d+)(?::(\d+))?(?:\+\d+)?(-|x)(\d+)(?::(\d+))?(?:\+\d+)?(?:&.*)?$/
>
>         $1 = from line
>         $2 = from column
>         $3 = - or x indicating regular or columnar selection
>         $4 = to line
>         $5 = to column
>
> I didn’t capture the “past EOL offsets”.
>
>
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