Re: [9fans] An acme question

[ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 2:39 PM,  <smiley@zenzebra.mv.com> wrote:
> Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> writes:
>
>> Example: given
>>
>> { fee [({ foo bar}) [and so on]] }
>>            1 2   3456           7
>>
>> Double clicking at 1 selects foo,
>> at 2 or 3 selects the phrase { foo bar},
>> at 4 selects the phrase ({ foo bar}),
>> at 5 selects the phrase [({ foo bar}) [and so on]],
>> at 6 selects the phrase [and so on],
>> at 7 selects the entire { fee [({ foo bar}) [and so on]] } etc.
>> Note: a block need not fit on one line.
>
> If I were filling out an Acme wishlist, I would like to see triple and
> quadruple clicks select larger chunks of text.  Being able to do
> something like click-click-click-click to "Select All" (in those apps
> that support it) is frequently very useful.
>
> I would also move the newline in a "selected line" to the begining of,
> rather than the end of, the selection.  It would be much easier to cut
> and paste lines if it didn't have to be done from all the way over in
> the wee left margin.


These are all interesting comments. I suggest you just beat on the
code. Honestly, it's pretty nice in there, you can play to your
heart's content. Give it a go.

ron