Sublime as a replacement for my current editor

[PinnacleWebDesign]

Sort of - It seems to work vertically if I do that, but if I use the right and left arrow keys, the cursor just jumps to the next word and nothing is selected.

Visual studio and intype let you select rectangular sections of code by holding down the alt key. With ultra edit you put it into 'column mode' by first using alt + c then select the blocks of text

Cheers,
Mick

[vim]

well, it is a different concept here, because it is not a selection, but rather a multiplication of the cursor. imo, this far stronger, because you can edit all those places instantly, and of course mark the required characters as you like. for example, if you have a rectangular area you want to mark and replace/edit, it will look the same, but if the area is of certain structure, which is not with the same length on each line - here sublime start to shine, e.g. try and edit the following on the editors you have mentioned:

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L_acc = L_deposit_l( gbk1[index1][1] );
L_accb = L_deposit_l( gbk2[index2][1] );
L_gbk12 = L_add( L_acc, L_accb );       
tmp = extract_l( L_shr( L_gbk12,1 ) ); 
L_acc = L_mult(tmp, gcode0);

now, try and add _xyz on all functions calls... in sublime you just do the multiple cursor magic at the start of the line, going down 5 lines, now jump with ctrl+left arrow 3 times, insert _xyz - DONE!

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L_acc = L_deposit_l_xyz( gbk1[index1][1] );
L_accb = L_deposit_l_xyz( gbk2[index2][1] );
L_gbk12 = L_add_xyz( L_acc, L_accb );       
tmp = extract_l_xyz( L_shr( L_gbk12,1 ) );   
L_acc = L_mult_xyz(tmp, gcode0);

[PinnacleWebDesign]

Thanks very much for the reply, Vim.

The way this works in Sublime is way more powerful than the 'standard' column or region select. I can see that this will prove extremely useful and will save me loads of time.

Cheers,
Mick

[Kneehat]

This works perfectly except for cut/copy/paste scenarios. For example, in the following trivial example, how would I column select the numbers at the end of test and stick them at the end of line, so :

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test1 line
test2 line
test3 line

becomes

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test line1
test line2
test line3


I guess this question really is, is there a way to column-paste?

[vim]

Not off the shelf. But the editor is extensible with python so writing a plugin that does that is a breeze. Check out GPSMURF's PasteColumn plugin here

true, for me, this is the mostly used plugin. i used it all the time with column related tasks.

[EJ12N]

There's also this automatic column selection command

It works fairly well albeit horribly inefficiently. It's a prototype I never `finished` but I use it all the time for column selection tasks. It's also available in EJ12Ns PowerUser pack.

yup that + pastecolumn is there too, it's just awesome

[Kneehat]

Aha perfect, I hadn't spotted those plugins. Thanks guys.