For those of you interested in working in an editor in "column mode", I have found there are a few specific functions that I use most of the time that I work in that mode.
I wrote a few functions in the AHK language and described them in a thread called, "Convert text - uppercase, lowercase, capitalized or inverted". Unfortunately that was a bad name for people interested in "column mode" because it doesn't describe those functions in that file that support that kind of activity - like INDENT, UNINDENT, INSERT(aka ADD), OVERTYPE and ENDOFLINE.
Those functions are described in my posts in the threads:
http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26765 and
http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26738
And, you can see those functions in the file:
http://www.autohotkey.net/~JDN/CONFIG/EDIT_TOOLS.AHK
Of course, the nice thing about having those capabilities available in AHK is that you can then use them in most any editor or word processor.
These other AHK files are used with EDIT_TOOLS.AHK. You need the file MAIN.AHK to start the process.
http://www.autohotkey.net/~JDN/CONFIG/MAIN.AHK
http://www.autohotkey.net/~JDN/CONFIG/BARE_BONES.AHK
http://www.autohotkey.net/~JDN/CONFIG/EDITOR_HEADER.AHK
http://www.autohotkey.net/~JDN/CONFIG/W ... HEADER.AHK
For those who would prefer to see the functions themselves, here they are:
Code:
;Indent Unindent Add OverType EndOfLine
Hotkey `;,Lab_Semi_Indent,OFF ; disable hotkeys
Hotkey `;,Lab_Semi_Unindent,OFF
Hotkey `;,Lab_Semi_Add,OFF
Hotkey `;,Lab_Semi_OverType,OFF
Hotkey `;,Lab_Semi_EndOfLine,OFF
Hotkey `/,Lab_Slash_Down,OFF ; when using semicolon, it's convenient to use the slash ("/") as a down cursor key
!+a:: ; A-ADD
Lab_Semi_Add_Num:= StrLen(Clipboard) ; number of chars in clipboard
if (Lab_Semi_Add_Num > 0) ; verify validity
{
Hotkey `;,Lab_Semi_Add,ON ; dynamically create hotkey
Hotkey `/,Lab_Slash_Down,ON ; dynamically create hotkey
}
RETURN
Lab_Semi_Add:
Send %Clipboard%{down}{left %Lab_Semi_Add_Num%} ; insert chars
RETURN
!+e:: ; E-ENDOFLINE
Hotkey `;,Lab_Semi_EndOfLine,ON ; dynamically create hotkey
Hotkey `/,Lab_Slash_Down,ON ; dynamically create hotkey
RETURN
Lab_Semi_EndOfLine:
Send {end}^v{down}{end} ; insert chars
RETURN
!+i:: ; I-INDENT
Input Lab_Semi_Indent_Num, L2,{enter}{esc}{tab}{space} ; number of chars in to indent
if (Lab_Semi_Indent_Num is digit) and (Lab_Semi_Indent_Num > 0) ; verify validity
{
Hotkey `;,Lab_Semi_Indent,ON ; dynamically create hotkey
Hotkey `/,Lab_Slash_Down,ON ; dynamically create hotkey
}
RETURN
Lab_Semi_Indent:
Send {space %Lab_Semi_Indent_Num%}{left %Lab_Semi_Indent_Num%}{down} ; insert chars
RETURN
!+o:: ; O-OVERTYPE
Lab_Semi_OverType_Num:= StrLen(Clipboard) ; number of chars in clipboard
if (Lab_Semi_OverType_Num > 0) ; verify validity
{
Hotkey `;,Lab_Semi_OverType,ON ; dynamically create hotkey
Hotkey `/,Lab_Slash_Down,ON ; dynamically create hotkey
}
RETURN
Lab_Semi_OverType:
Send %Clipboard%{delete %Lab_Semi_OverType_Num%}{down}{left %Lab_Semi_OverType_Num%} ; insert chars
RETURN
!+u:: ; U-UNINDENT
Input Lab_Semi_Unindent_Num, L2,{enter}{esc}{tab}{space} ; number of chars to unindent
if (Lab_Semi_Unindent_Num is digit) and (Lab_Semi_Unindent_Num > 0) ; verify validity
{
Hotkey `;,Lab_Semi_Unindent,ON ; dynamically create hotkey
Hotkey `/,Lab_Slash_Down,ON ; dynamically create hotkey
}
RETURN
Lab_Semi_Unindent:
Send {delete %Lab_Semi_Unindent_Num%}{down} ; delete chars
RETURN
Lab_Slash_Down: ; I find it convenient to use the "/" as a down cursor
Send {down} ; when using any of these tools
RETURN
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