Re: [Pydev-code] Re: Jython scripting

[Don T. <nos...@gm...>]

Fabio Zadrozny wrote:
> Hi Don,
> 
> I'm forwarding it to the pydev-code list, as I think it might be useful 
> to others...
> 
>     A general question about Jython scripting.
> 
>     Before 1.0.4 was released I had imagined that I might be able to write a
>     script that could receive a selection from the editor, reformat it and
>     return it to the editor to be pasted over the original selection.  I
>     was
>     thinking of doing some comment reformatting on demand.
> 
>     As far as I can tell the current scripting API does not support this
>     sort of thing.  Is that right?
> 
> 
> Actually, you can do it, but you have to know a bit from the Eclipse API 
> too... A 'simple' way of doing it would be requesting the editor 
> document (something like editor.getDocument()) and play with it. It is 
> an IDocument, and you can get whatever you want from it and change it as 
> much as you like.
> 
> Also, maybe taking a look at PySelection ( 
> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pydev/org.python.pydev.core/src/org/python/pydev/core/docutils/PySelection.java?rev=1.7&view=markup 
> <http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pydev/org.python.pydev.core/src/org/python/pydev/core/docutils/PySelection.java?rev=1.7&view=markup>)
> might be worth it... It provides a nicer interface for getting info from 
> a document/selection.
> 
> You can instantiate it in jython with:
> 
> from org.python.pydev.core.docutils import PySelection
> sel = PySelection(editor)
> 
Hi Fabio:

As far as I can see there are no methods in PySelection that allow you
to put text back into the editor, is this correct?

I know that I can do what I want with an IDocument using the replace 
method, I just wondered if I am missing something in the PySelection.

Thanks,

Don.