Yikes! I didn't see that window before!  Now I'll use POV-Ray for C!  :-)
Brendan Ryan

gimi wrote:

> hi all,
>
> Remco de Korte wrote:
> > I'm used to using CTRL+Y to delete a line in the editor. [...]
> > In the
> > POV-editor however it also wipes the buffer which isn't what I would
> > expect. Am I mistaken?
>
> ok, my 2c:
>
> ctrl-y _should_ spell 'yank' (hmm,
> in emacs, it does..) and not 'linecut'
> as in povray/codemax, so remco is
> right about this.
>
> all the followups to his post were
> misleaded to think that he *wanted*
> to cut/copy something with c-y, which
> he didnt (right?), but codemax _does_.
>
> well, what remco (and myself) would
> like to see is a c-y _without_ storing
> the line to the buffer (where people
> like us tend to store precious things,
> right remco? :))
>
> of course i wouldnt write this if i
> didnt know the solution (he he).
>
>  - and im not tellin you.. :P
>
> okok, yes of course, here we go:
>
> while the povray window is active,
> press alt-enter to go to the codemax
> props (menu editor/codemax properties),
> choose the keyboard tab and look for
> the &command LineCut (its the first
> starting with an 'l', so alt-c followed
> by the 'l' key will also bring you there).
> select the &key assignment (ctrl-y) and
> click the '&remove' button (er, youll find
> the keyboard equiv yourself by now.. :)
> next, you a&ssign the same shortcut to
> the following command, which is named
> 'LineDelete' and does what it says, which
> is what you and i want. :D
>
> > I guess this is something in the Codemax editor and won't be changed in
> > any new versions of POV-Ray.
>
> now its up to you, pal.
>
> > I just had to write this because once again I lost a large portion of
> > code I cut from a scene when I deleted aline before pasting it.
>
> aaarrgh d*rn again!
>
> > Cheers!
>
> hope this cheers _you_ up a bit..
>
> gimi
>
> master of _good_ yanking :)
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