It's a feature I have found only in UltraEdit so far, at least in such an accessible form:
When selecting a block of text you can actually select the "cursor" between the characters and thus write on multiple lines at once instead of replacing text. I know that the same thing can be achieved with the column editor but it would be FAR easier if you could select "0 characters" by using alt...
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Well - if it's possible to select zero width column blocks then it must be a bug in NP++ 5.0 beta because clearly I'm unable to do so. I tried both the arrow key method and the alt+left click method and I end up with NOTHING being selected.
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I know this feature from OpenEditor, another free open source editor.
It's so called "Column Selection Mode" is great. You can select, copy and paste rectangular text areas. If you select a vertical line you can simply type in your text in multiple lines.
This is very helpful e.g. in SQL when you have to create similar INSERT statements.
OpenEditor is part of SQLtools, which is an open Oracle front end.
Another feature of OpenEditor is the availability to handle very large files. It doesn't read the whole file into the text buffer, it reads only 2 MB of your file (configurable option). When you try to work on areas of the file which weren't already loaded, it will take it from the disk on the fly.
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It's a feature I have found only in UltraEdit so far, at least in such an accessible form:
When selecting a block of text you can actually select the "cursor" between the characters and thus write on multiple lines at once instead of replacing text. I know that the same thing can be achieved with the column editor but it would be FAR easier if you could select "0 characters" by using alt...
Well - if it's possible to select zero width column blocks then it must be a bug in NP++ 5.0 beta because clearly I'm unable to do so. I tried both the arrow key method and the alt+left click method and I end up with NOTHING being selected.
You can select a zero width column block, if that's what you mean. It's discussed at http://notepad-plus.wiki.sourceforge.net/FAQ .
I know this feature from OpenEditor, another free open source editor.
It's so called "Column Selection Mode" is great. You can select, copy and paste rectangular text areas. If you select a vertical line you can simply type in your text in multiple lines.
This is very helpful e.g. in SQL when you have to create similar INSERT statements.
OpenEditor is part of SQLtools, which is an open Oracle front end.
Another feature of OpenEditor is the availability to handle very large files. It doesn't read the whole file into the text buffer, it reads only 2 MB of your file (configurable option). When you try to work on areas of the file which weren't already loaded, it will take it from the disk on the fly.