Rectangular blocks in MP (was Re: screen painting bug, GTK)

Arnim Littek (LittekA_at_SirTrack.com) wrote:

> I'm not sure rectangular blocks will be doable via macros.

Hi; just writing to tell you that, thanks to fellow developer Eric Welser,
rectangular blocks has been implemented. You can pick the sources from the
git repository or from the special packages:

        http://triptico.com/download/mp-5.0.4-dev.tar.gz
        http://triptico.com/download/mp-5.0.4-dev.exe

The feature is implemented as a special copy mode, bound to the `ctrl-b'
key; pasting is done as usual.

Eric said:

> I've included a patch for MP 5.0.2 to add vertical cut/copy/paste. This
> allow the user to select text in rectangular blocks, and use the standard
> editing functions on that block. This is patterned on similar functionality
> in SlickEdit, Vim and many other editors.
>
> Press CTRL-B to enter vertical selection mode, and move the cursor to mark
> the selection rectngle. The existing edit functions (copy, cut, paste) will
> behave as expected with the highlighted text. Text added to the clipboard
> from external applications are used with normal selection mode.

It seems to work very well; I beg all of you to try it.

Regards,

-- 
Angel Ortega

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