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From: Steve Shelby
Subject: Re: selecting several thousand lines in pov file
Date: 17 Sep 2003 08:00:35
Message: <3f684ce3@news.povray.org>
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Warp,
It is not possible to highlight text and use the scrollbar at the same time.
Steve
"Warp" <war### [at] tag povrayorg> wrote in message
news:3f67208f@news.povray.org...
> Steve Shelby <ssh### [at] rexnetnet> wrote:
> > That's what I'm doing now. The problem is that it takes 5-10 minutes to
> > scroll down that many lines.
>
> If you grab the scrollbar at the right and drag it down, it shouldn't
> take too much. That's what the scrollbar is for.
>
> --
> #macro M(A,N,D,L)plane{-z,-9pigment{mandel L*9translate N color_map{[0rgb
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> [1rgb 9]}scale<D,D*3D>*1e3}rotate y*A*8}#end M(-3<1.206434.28623>70,7)M(
> -1<.7438.1795>1,20)M(1<.77595.13699>30,20)M(3<.75923.07145>80,99)// -
Warp -
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From: Steve Shelby
Subject: Re: selecting several thousand lines in pov file
Date: 17 Sep 2003 08:29:22
Message: <3f6853a2@news.povray.org>
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ABX,
I tried what you suggested, and it deletes everything else in the pov file
except for lines 8605 through 17361. Not exactly what I had in mind.
Steve
"ABX" <abx### [at] abxartpl> wrote in message
news:jrdemv8brfoighaectslio426naeab03e9@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 15:40:25 +0200, ABX <abx### [at] abxartpl> wrote:
> > You can do this in general way applying method like in... CSG object.
> > Applying intersection can be replaced with applying difference if you
> > understand what I mean :-)
>
> In case you didn't here is sequence of keys needed to cut lines from 8605
to
> 17361 within POV-Ray for Windows editor assuming your file is open and
active
>
> Ctrl+G
> 8
> 6
> 0
> 5
> Enter
> Shift+Ctrl+Home
> Del
> Ctrl+G
> 8
> 7
> 5
> 6
> Enter
> Shift+Ctrl+End
> Del
> where 8756 is 17361-8605 :-)
>
> ABX
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From: Thorsten Froehlich
Subject: Re: selecting several thousand lines in pov file
Date: 17 Sep 2003 08:30:21
Message: <3f6853dd$1@news.povray.org>
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In article <3f684ce3@news.povray.org> , "Steve Shelby" <ssh### [at] rexnetnet>
wrote:
> Warp,
> It is not possible to highlight text and use the scrollbar at the same time.
> Steve
He didn't say you should to both at the same time, did he? But really, how
to use the scrollbar and select text is so obvious, everybody else in this
thread knows...
Thorsten
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Thorsten Froehlich, Duisburg, Germany
e-mail: tho### [at] trfde
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On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 07:28:57 -0500, "Steve Shelby" <ssh### [at] rexnetnet> wrote:
> ABX,
> I tried what you suggested, and it deletes everything else in the pov file
> except for lines 8605 through 17361. Not exactly what I had in mind.
> Steve
Why ? You asked how to select lines from 8605 to 17361 in an easy way. Select
for what? For copying into another file? Do Ctrl+A to select content in
editor, Ctrl+C to put it in clipboard, and finaly call undo twice to return
earlier cuts and be at initial state.
ABX
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From: Thorsten Froehlich
Subject: Re: selecting several thousand lines in pov file
Date: 17 Sep 2003 08:37:05
Message: <3f685571$1@news.povray.org>
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In article <3f6853a2@news.povray.org> , "Steve Shelby" <ssh### [at] rexnetnet>
wrote:
> I tried what you suggested, and it deletes everything else in the pov file
> except for lines 8605 through 17361. Not exactly what I had in mind.
But now you can select *everything* and copy it. Then undo your actions and
you get what you want.
Really, I don't see why you are so inflexible with this, after all, the
"problem" you have is exactly the same in every other GUI text editor. And
you got tons of suggestions how to do what you want easily. If you can
describe how you think this should work without you doing anything, then by
all means, I think we all would like to know! If not, then just use one of
the many methods suggested and live happily ever after :-)
Thorsten
____________________________________________________
Thorsten Froehlich, Duisburg, Germany
e-mail: tho### [at] trfde
Visit POV-Ray on the web: http://mac.povray.org
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From: Steve Shelby
Subject: Re: selecting several thousand lines in pov file
Date: 17 Sep 2003 08:57:18
Message: <3f685a2e@news.povray.org>
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ABX, Thorsten,
OK, OK, I get your point. I was just wishing that there would be a *really
simple* way to do it, such as "select text between lines 2000 and 10000".
Maybe it would be something for future development?
Steve
"Thorsten Froehlich" <tho### [at] trfde> wrote in message
news:3f685571$1@news.povray.org...
> In article <3f6853a2@news.povray.org> , "Steve Shelby"
<ssh### [at] rexnetnet>
> wrote:
>
> > I tried what you suggested, and it deletes everything else in the pov
file
> > except for lines 8605 through 17361. Not exactly what I had in mind.
>
> But now you can select *everything* and copy it. Then undo your actions
and
> you get what you want.
>
> Really, I don't see why you are so inflexible with this, after all, the
> "problem" you have is exactly the same in every other GUI text editor.
And
> you got tons of suggestions how to do what you want easily. If you can
> describe how you think this should work without you doing anything, then
by
> all means, I think we all would like to know! If not, then just use one
of
> the many methods suggested and live happily ever after :-)
>
> Thorsten
>
> ____________________________________________________
> Thorsten Froehlich, Duisburg, Germany
> e-mail: tho### [at] trfde
>
> Visit POV-Ray on the web: http://mac.povray.org
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On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 07:56:44 -0500, "Steve Shelby" <ssh### [at] rexnetnet> wrote:
> ABX, Thorsten,
> OK, OK, I get your point. I was just wishing that there would be a *really
> simple*
I'm sure you are refering to complexity of substracting line numbers. Just
replace order of cuting parts and then no math is necessary ;-)
> Maybe it would be something for future development?
Seriously, how long do you use POV-Ray? How many times you needed it earlier?
I work with text editors for more than 10 hours a day for years and I do not
remember if I needed it at all. But as you see there is many workarounds I
could apply for my needs my favorite if I wish...
ABX
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> Go to the first line of the mesh file. Place a bookmark (Ctrl-F2). Go
> to the opening brace of the mesh and find the matching closing brace
> (Ctrl-] I think). Place a bookmark there on the line below the closing
> brace. Go to the first bookmark (Shift-F2), then click and hold the
> mouse button at the beginning of the line. Now go to the second
> bookmark (F2) without releasing the mouse button. Voila.
>
> Just tried it BTW. It works :)
It doesn't work for me... But it would be nice if it worked. Sometimes I
have the same problem as described by Steve Shelby.
Regards,
Hugo
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From: Steve Shelby
Subject: Re: selecting several thousand lines in pov file
Date: 17 Sep 2003 14:11:05
Message: <3f68a3b9$1@news.povray.org>
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I found it! Not being one to accept defeat easily, I did a Google search for
"selecting text" and found this: Put the curser at the beginning of the
first line. Holding down the shift key, use the scroll bar to move down to
the last line to select. Then simply click below the last line, while still
holding down the shift key, and, voila! The desired number of lines is
selected. I tried it, and it works. It takes about five seconds. This is the
*easy* solution I was looking for.;~^}>
Steve
"Steve Shelby" <ssh### [at] rexnetnet> wrote in message
news:3f670e1a$1@news.povray.org...
> Hi,
> Is there an easier way to do this? I have about 9,000 lines, one of
several
> mesh2 objects, in a pov file, that I want to select in order to copy and
> paste to another pov file, which also contains several mesh2 objects. The
> only would I know to do this is to start selecting and scroll, and scroll,
> and scroll.......and scroll until an eternity later I finally have the
whole
> thing selected. It seems like one ought to be able to tell Povray to
"select
> from line 8605 to line 17361" and it would be done, but I can't find any
way
> to do that, nor can I find anything in the documentation about it. Am I
> stuck doing it the hard way?
> Steve Shelby
>
>
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On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 13:11:03 -0500, "Steve Shelby" <ssh### [at] rexnetnet> wrote:
> I found it! Not being one to accept defeat easily, I did a Google search for
> "selecting text" and found this: Put the curser at the beginning of the
> first line. Holding down the shift key, use the scroll bar to move down to
> the last line to select. Then simply click below the last line, while still
> holding down the shift key, and, voila! The desired number of lines is
> selected. I tried it, and it works. It takes about five seconds. This is the
> *easy* solution I was looking for.;~^}>
Huh ? In what way this is simpler than the method Steve Martin proposed to you
in first answer of this thread ? In his method you did exactly the same except
pressing Shift once during final click instead of holding it down for whole
five seconds.
ABX
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