[DrJava] [ drjava-Feature Requests-1008787 ] Line-wrapped editing of multi-line comments

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Feature Requests item #1008787, was opened at 2004-08-13 11:20
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Category: Definitions (source editor)
Group: None
Status: Open
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Dan Smith (dlsmith)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Line-wrapped editing of multi-line comments

Initial Comment:
When editing a multi-line comment, it would be
convenient if the editor's behavior changed: when a
preset width is reached, the editor inserts a newline
before the last word break and moves the next word and
cursor to the next comment line.  When deleting the
beginning or end of a line, the comment is
automatically re-wrapped.

For example ("|" indicates cursor):

/*
 * This is my comment that has a rather long line t|
*/

When typing continues, this is the result:

/*
 * This is my comment that has a rather long line 
 * that just keeps going ...|
*/

If the user removes the word "long", this is the result:

/*
 * This is my comment that has a rather |line that
 * just keeps going ...
*/

If the user then moves the cursor to the end of the
word "that" and presses delete, here is the result:

/*
 * This is my comment that has a rather line 
 * that|just keeps going ...
*/

Of course, since newlines would apparently be
hard-coded into the source file, there is an ambuguity:
what if the user introduces his own newline:

/*
 * This is the first line.|
 * This is the second line.
*/

When the user keeps typing, does he get this:

/*
 * This is the first line.  I've decided to add 
 * a bit more text.| This is the second line.
*/

Or this:

/*
 * This is the first line.  I've decided to add 
 * a bit more text.|
 * This is the second line.
*/


Resolving that ambiguity is a key task necessary to
make this work.  In either case, though, it wouldn't be
that hard for the user to to add a desired newline or
remove an unwanted one.


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