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tedlane

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Block mode editor (SOLVED)
« on: May 23, 2011, 11:08:05 PM »
Has anyone got a recommendation for a gtk text editor that will work in block mode rather than line mode?
Tried scite and gedit and leafpad.
I know kate will do it but I am trying to avoid the KDE overhead on this machine.
tia
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Re: Block mode editor
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2011, 11:24:58 PM »
Quote from: tedlane on May 23, 2011, 11:08:05 PM
Has anyone got a recommendation for a gtk text editor that will work in block mode rather than line mode?
Tried scite and gedit and leafpad.
I know kate will do it but I am trying to avoid the KDE overhead on this machine.
tia
ted

Are you familiar with VI?
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Re: Block mode editor
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2011, 12:39:16 AM »
Familiar enough to dislike it.  I only occasionally need block mode edits, usually when working with fixed format data files, doing it in kate is a snap.

C,mon! I do know two sed commands! That only took 44 years  ;D
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Re: Block mode editor
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2011, 12:44:40 AM »
Have you tried geany? Scribes?
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Re: Block mode editor
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2011, 12:47:14 AM »
Quote from: tedlane on May 24, 2011, 12:39:16 AM
Familiar enough to dislike it.  I only occasionally need block mode edits, usually when working with fixed format data files, doing it in kate is a snap.

C,mon! I do know two sed commands! That only took 44 years  ;D

Yea, VI has a "love it or hate it" relationship.

Personally, it's all I use for that type of editing, but that's because it was the first one I used a thousand years ago.  ::) ;D
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Re: Block mode editor
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2011, 12:49:09 AM »
Well, ya learn something new every day. Joe's Own Editor, or joe, package is in the repository. According the home page at http://joe-editor.sourceforge.net/, it has "Block move/copy/delete/filter" and "Rectangle (columnar) block mode- search and replace can be narrowed to the rectangular block. Rectangular blocks can be filtered through UNIX commands". How do ya like them apples?

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Re: Block mode editor (SOLVED)
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2011, 01:12:47 AM »
Quote from: djohnston on May 24, 2011, 12:49:09 AM
Well, ya learn something new every day.

 :-[ :-[ :-[  Yep.  Like I never new geany had block mode and it is easier to use than the kate one.

and like, geany was sitting here all the time and is used continually.

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Re: Block mode editor (SOLVED)
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2011, 01:21:06 AM »
Quote from: tedlane on May 24, 2011, 01:12:47 AM
Quote from: djohnston on May 24, 2011, 12:49:09 AM
Well, ya learn something new every day.

 :-[ :-[ :-[  Yep.  Like I never new geany had block mode and it is easier to use than the kate one.

and like, geany was sitting here all the time and is used continually.

Thanks all
ted

 :D :D :D Geany is an excellent editor/IDE. ;) ;) Explore it a bit more, and you'll see what I mean.
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