Need freeware text editor that selects rectangular blocks of text

[wylbur37]

I'm looking for a freeware text editor that selects rectangular blocks
of text by click-and-drag (and/or Shift-key and arrow-key).

For example, given the following ...

11 12 13 14 15 16 17
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
31 32 33 34 35 36 37
41 42 43 44 45 46 47
51 52 53 54 55 56 57

With most text editors, if I click-and-drag from the beginning of "23"
to the end of "46", the text I get will be ...

23 24 25 26 27
31 32 33 34 35 36 37
41 42 43 44 45 46

What I want instead is the following result ...

23 24 25 26
33 34 35 36
43 44 45 46

Is there a freeware text editor that works that way?

 

[dadiOH]

I'm looking for a freeware text editor that selects rectangular blocks
of text by click-and-drag (and/or Shift-key and arrow-key).

For example, given the following ...

11 12 13 14 15 16 17
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
31 32 33 34 35 36 37
41 42 43 44 45 46 47
51 52 53 54 55 56 57

With most text editors, if I click-and-drag from the beginning of "23"
to the end of "46", the text I get will be ...

23 24 25 26 27
31 32 33 34 35 36 37
41 42 43 44 45 46

What I want instead is the following result ...

23 24 25 26
33 34 35 36
43 44 45 46

Is there a freeware text editor that works that way?

Well, if there isn't there should be! All it has to do is use its built
in crystal ball to divine how many characters you want in a line,
whether you want the same number in each line and where to remove old
carriage returns and insert new ones. Sure not asking much...

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[Shel]

I'm looking for a freeware text editor that selects rectangular blocks
of text by click-and-drag (and/or Shift-key and arrow-key).

I think VDE comes close to meeting those requirements:
http://short.stop.home.att.net/vde/vde.htm

 

[Rod]

(e-mail address removed) (wylbur37) wrote in

I'm looking for a freeware text editor that selects rectangular blocks
of text by click-and-drag (and/or Shift-key and arrow-key).

For example, given the following ...

11 12 13 14 15 16 17
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
31 32 33 34 35 36 37
41 42 43 44 45 46 47
51 52 53 54 55 56 57

With most text editors, if I click-and-drag from the beginning of "23"
to the end of "46", the text I get will be ...

23 24 25 26 27
31 32 33 34 35 36 37
41 42 43 44 45 46

What I want instead is the following result ...

23 24 25 26
33 34 35 36
43 44 45 46

Is there a freeware text editor that works that way?

several possibilities:

http://www.vim.org/

http://www.context.cx/

http://www.scintilla.org/

http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html

 

[eschuylerTAKE]

(e-mail address removed) (wylbur37) wrote in


several possibilities:

http://www.vim.org/

http://www.context.cx/

http://www.scintilla.org/

http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html

SciTE and other Scintilla-based text editors will do this (see the last two
links Rod provided).

From the documentation on the SciTE site:
"Rectangular regions of text can be selected in SciTE by holding down the
Alt key on Windows or the Ctrl key on GTK+ while dragging the mouse over
the text."

I don't use this function that much, but when you need it, you REALLY need
it!

Regards,
Eric

 

[Francesco]

Il 11 Jan 2005 04:49:38 -0800, wylbur37 ha scritto:

I'm looking for a freeware text editor that selects rectangular blocks
of text by click-and-drag (and/or Shift-key and arrow-key).

I think the great Crimson Editor can do that
http://www.crimsoneditor.com/
Bye, Francesco

 

[Iain Cheyne]

(e-mail address removed) (wylbur37) wrote in

I'm looking for a freeware text editor that selects rectangular blocks
of text by click-and-drag (and/or Shift-key and arrow-key).

PSPad

 

[Mel]

I'm looking for a freeware text editor that selects rectangular blocks
of text by click-and-drag (and/or Shift-key and arrow-key).

For example, given the following ...

11 12 13 14 15 16 17
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
31 32 33 34 35 36 37
41 42 43 44 45 46 47
51 52 53 54 55 56 57

With most text editors, if I click-and-drag from the beginning of "23"
to the end of "46", the text I get will be ...

23 24 25 26 27
31 32 33 34 35 36 37
41 42 43 44 45 46

In reality you get this:

23 24 25 26 27
31 32 33 34 35 36 37
41 42 43 44 45 46

What I want instead is the following result ...

23 24 25 26
33 34 35 36
43 44 45 46

Is there a freeware text editor that works that way?

http://www.pspad.com/

 

[wald]

I'm looking for a freeware text editor that selects rectangular
blocks of text by click-and-drag (and/or Shift-key and
arrow-key).

Simple block select mode, you mean?

NotePad2 can do that, by using the Alt key:

http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html

Regards,
Wald

 

[3c273]

Gee, from all of the replies here, it seems there are a lot of people
creating programs with built-in crystal balls. Apparently not asking much at
all.
Louis

 

[dad4d2d]

I'm looking for a freeware text editor that selects rectangular blocks
of text by click-and-drag (and/or Shift-key and arrow-key).

For example, given the following ...

11 12 13 14 15 16 17
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
31 32 33 34 35 36 37
41 42 43 44 45 46 47
51 52 53 54 55 56 57

With most text editors, if I click-and-drag from the beginning of "23"
to the end of "46", the text I get will be ...

23 24 25 26 27
31 32 33 34 35 36 37
41 42 43 44 45 46

What I want instead is the following result ...

23 24 25 26
33 34 35 36
43 44 45 46

Is there a freeware text editor that works that way?

Notetab Lite will do that, but the functionality is (oddly enough)
found under the MODIFY menu... Modify/Block/Cut (or copy). Also, the
highlighted area appears to be all lines inbetween (sticking out each
side), but it really DOES do just the block copy or cut. You just have
to pick the start row/column, and drag to the desired end row/colum,
then access the Modify menu. I have found this to be very usable, if
you remember the recipe.

NoteTab Light Website:
<http://www.notetab.com/ntl.php>
and the download link:
<http://www.fookes.net/ftp/free/NoteTab_Setup.exe>

BTW - Notetab is GREAT for many more things. The FREEWARE Purist will
(of course) refuse to turn on the 30-day trial of NoteTab Standard/Pro
features, but (in my opinion) the features of the Lite edition are
hands over head valuable regardless of the 'existence' of the Standard
Version.

Dale Fordberg

 

[dadiOH]

Gee, from all of the replies here, it seems there are a lot of people
creating programs with built-in crystal balls. Apparently not asking
much at all.
Louis

Tried them? Which will do what the OP illustrated?

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dadiOH
____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.05...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico

 

[Rod]

Tried them? Which will do what the OP illustrated?

http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html

works like a charm on the example given by the OP.

 

[dadiOH]

http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html

works like a charm on the example given by the OP.

Then we have a winner. Must admit, I didn't find how to do it in the
program (didn't look real hard). Kinda doubt it is what the OP was
hoping for though

--
dadiOH
____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.05...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico

 

[Rod]

Then we have a winner. Must admit, I didn't find how to do it in the
program (didn't look real hard).

Press ALT while selecting

Kinda doubt it is what the OP was hoping for though

Why ?

 

[Frank Delamarre]

PSPad

It does it indeed, when the Alt-key is pressed and wordwrap is turned
off. A great editor by the way.
http://www.pspad.com/index_en.html

Frank

 

[dadiOH]

Press ALT while selecting

Can't, dumped.

Why ?

Over (not road) kill.

--
dadiOH
____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.05...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico

 

[Rod]

Over (not road) kill.

Yeah, it's a bit fat.
Good news, same trick with pressing ALT when selecting also works in
Notepad2.

http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html

Standalone, foldersize 559 Kb. HTML syntax highlighting to. Gonna keep this
one.

 

[Carl Kaufmann]

I'm looking for a freeware text editor that selects rectangular blocks
of text by click-and-drag (and/or Shift-key and arrow-key).

For example, given the following ...

11 12 13 14 15 16 17
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
31 32 33 34 35 36 37
41 42 43 44 45 46 47
51 52 53 54 55 56 57

With most text editors, if I click-and-drag from the beginning of "23"
to the end of "46", the text I get will be ...

23 24 25 26 27
31 32 33 34 35 36 37
41 42 43 44 45 46

What I want instead is the following result ...

23 24 25 26
33 34 35 36
43 44 45 46

Is there a freeware text editor that works that way?

Vim and gVim (www.vim.org),
Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html),
jEdit (www.jedit.org),
X2 (http://www.tangbu.com/x2main.shtml)

I use jEdit and X2 professionally. TextPad (www.textpad.com) has a not
too obnoxious evaluation version that will do the same thing.

Carl

 

[B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson]

On 11 Jan 2005 23:48:50 GMT, Rod wrote:

[SciTE]

Yeah, it's a bit fat.
Good news, same trick with pressing ALT when selecting also works in
Notepad2.

http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html

Standalone, foldersize 559 Kb. HTML syntax highlighting to. Gonna keep this
one.

That's nearly twice the size of the stand alone version of SciTE named
Sc1. You get this one from the download page, too. And Html highlighting
is only one out of many (automatically) supported by Sc1. ;-)

BeAr