1. Re: Pete: Edita[2]
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> Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:55:35 +0100
> From: Pete Lomax <petelomax at blueyonder.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: Pete: Edita[2]
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> On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:43:19 -0700, Al Getz <guest at RapidEuphoria.com>
> wrote:
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> >Hey that's nice, thanks for the fix. I also didnt know that you
> >had to select the 'block' first before you could paste. I thought
> >you could press ALT and right click and just paste and that would
> >paste a column starting at the current cursor position.
> Technically you can column select by holding down the Alt key and
> moving the mouse, so I guess sometimes you'd get a column paste trying
> that, but not always, unless you deliberately move the mouse about a
> bit before right clicking. Paste works different when column selection
> is in force, rather than when Alt key is down, maybe it should check.
[snip]
> Suggestions for improvements are welcome.
>
See www.ultraedit.com for an editor which has supported column editing for
years. I don't think it's the only one (didn't check PsPad, but it may have
it too).
CChris
