Description Henning Riedel 2009-02-09 05:21:01 EST

Eclipse 3.5.0M5 + CDT 6.0M5 Candidate

Hurray, we got an column edit mode in Eclipse now.

Hmm, but somehow, it's not working for all circumstances:
1. Open a C file.
2. Hit <Alt>+<Shift>+A to go into Column Edit Mode
3. Use the <Shift>+<Down> to mark several lines.
4. Enter e.g. #define FOO(  
Note: The opening parenthesis does not have to be at FOO, 
like
  #define FOO(x) foo_##x 
it could also be a macro like
  #define FOO    (1 << 0)
  #define BAR    (1 << 1)

As you can see, opening the parenthesis removes all lines but the first one, and marks the () for input completion or whatever this is now called. You know, the one where on finishing the input by hitting <Enter> and it moves behind the closing parenthesis.
But, it only happens if the line is empty, e.g. do the following:
1.) In the file, still in Column Edit Mode, mark two line by <Shift>+<Down>.
2.) Enter e.g. #define FOO  1 << 0
3.) Mark the two lines again before the 1, and enter (.

Nothing is deleted now.


Next problem is, under this edit mode, like:
#define FOO  (1 << 0)
#define BAR  (1 << 1)
Now, go to the opening parenthesis mark both line by Shift+cursor-down. Hit <TAB> and see how the lines are indented from column 0, but not from the position on marked by the cursor.