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Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : Minor complaint about CMM2 editor
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| William Leue Guru  Joined: 03/07/2020 Location: United StatesPosts: 381 |
The CMM2 editor is really quite good, but there is one feature that always bugs me. The editor screen has room for 48 lines. If you start on line 1 and do a Page Down, the cursor goes to line 96; that is, to the bottom of the second full page of text. If you do another Page Down, it goes to line 144, which is the bottom of the third full page. Continuing, each Page Down goes another 48 lines down. But why does the first page down go twice as far, down to line 96, instead of to line 48? The Page Up works in a similar way: the first Page Up goes up 96 lines, and then subsequent Page Up commands go up only 48 lines. The "double" jumps are frustrating. Most text editors make a Page Down command move down to the bottom of the CURRENT page first, and then down a full page on the second command; and the Page Up command first takes you to the top of the CURRENT page before moving up a full page. This makes getting to a desired line convenient and much quicker than having to do a lot of arrow keys. Just a nit. -Bill |
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thwill Guru Joined: 16/09/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 3829 |
+2, this is very irritating. Game*Mite, CMM2 Welcome Tape, Creaky old text adventures |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 8566 |
Easily fixed check b14 when posted |
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RetroJoe Senior Member  Joined: 06/08/2020 Location: CanadaPosts: 290 |
+3, and thanks for putting your finger on it. The jump is quite disorienting, especially when inspecting someone else’s code. The absence of line numbers in MMBasic (otherwise a massive blessing) compounds the orientation & cognition problem. Enjoy Every Sandwich / Joe P. |
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| RetroJoe Senior Member Joined: 06/08/2020 Location: CanadaPosts: 290 |
Great news - always nice when a feature falls into the “low effort, high value” quadrant. As a musician, I’m always looking for songs that sound great but are easy to play :) Enjoy Every Sandwich / Joe P. |
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| twofingers Guru Joined: 02/06/2014 Location: GermanyPosts: 1133 |
+1 It also happens at the end of the file. I would appreciate a half-page mode (eg Shift + Page Down). Best regards Michael |
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| William Leue Guru Joined: 03/07/2020 Location: United StatesPosts: 381 |
Quote from Peter Mather: "Easily fixed check b14 when posted" Wonderful news, thanks, Peter! -Bill |
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| RetroJoe Senior Member Joined: 06/08/2020 Location: CanadaPosts: 290 |
BTW, I concur with William’s “editor is really quite good” assessment, and it just “feels right” in the context of the CMM2 design. I think this nav enhancement, and the “auto .bak” feature, will nudge it into the “really quite great” category. The only other items on my wish list: 1) the ability to have multiple files open (e.g. to facilitate copying code) 2) a find and replace feature (e.g. to rename variables, esp. in older MMBasic code where numeric and string vars could have the same name) Enjoy Every Sandwich / Joe P. |
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| RetroJoe Senior Member Joined: 06/08/2020 Location: CanadaPosts: 290 |
William, you can use the “Quote” link at the top right to create the quote boxes above (or, just add the QUOTE tags manually). Cheers, Joe P. Enjoy Every Sandwich / Joe P. |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 8566 |
You way do this in a slightly different way: edit one instance of the text that that needs changing then select the changed test then search for each instance of the text that that needs changing in turn and press Ctrl-V. This will replace the text with the stored buffer. Easier to do than describe. Its in the manual. Edited 2020-09-23 22:58 by matherp |
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| Bluescreen2001 Newbie  Joined: 14/08/2020 Location: GermanyPosts: 12 |
I also like the editor very much. Syntax Highlighting on such a small system, great. The only thing I miss is auto identing. But maybe I only missed it because I didn't read the complete manual now. |
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