Re: [gedit-list] hiliting words that contain digits and underscores by double clicking

[Jesse van den Kieboom <jesse icecrew nl>]

This is also something I want to see implemented/changed. There are
several options here. Either we change 'fix'/change it in gsv and make
it a permanent fix, or we can set a string property on gsv setting the
characters which are considered to be word characters. Another option
might be to use triple click to expand further including characters
currently not considered to be word characters (like _), and do
quadruple click for line selection. There could even be an option in
gedit setting which characters are considered word characters.

As an intermediate solution, this could be implemented as a plugin, but
in the end I think it belongs in gsv.


Jesse

Op zaterdag 29-11-2008 om 09:55 uur [tijdzone -0700], schreef Doug
McNutt:
> At 05:35 -0800 11/29/08, Jason Walker wrote:
> How can I change the behavior of gedit so that when i double click on 
> a C/C++ identifier, the whole identifier is selected, not just part 
> of it. For instance, if I double-click on _t|his_is_my_identifier
> where | represents my mouse pointer's approximate position, only 
> "this" is selected. What should I modify to change this?
> 
> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:55:41 -0200
> Subject: [gedit-list] selecting whole words when variables
> 
> That posting generated some comparisons to the way terminal behaves. 
> The general conclusion of the resulting thread was that the operation 
> is performed not in gedit but by the underlying text methods of GTk.
> 
> What's really needed is a variable, set  for each document , that is 
> a list of the characters that may comprise a word.  $,  , -, _, 
> [0-9], / ,. , and some more need to be included for different 
> languages. Unicode could make the whole thing non-trivial. The usual 
> technique is to step backwards until finding a non-word character and 
> then forward for another.
> 
> Auto license plate numbers are my current frustration.
> 
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