Suggestion: SelectStart and SelectEnd commands (for use in Macros); or FindSelect

[hi5]

I don't think they are available or I'm looking for the wrong terms, but for use in Macros I thought it would be helpful to have SelectStart and SelectEnd commands, that way we can find a starting point, SelectStart, find the end and SelectEnd - now we have selected the text between our start and ending points.

Alternative could be a FindSelect* so you can first find your starting point, and them find your end point while selecting all text in between.

Or add all three: SelectStart, SelectEnd, and FindSelect*

Other suggestions welcome.

[Alexey-T]

This can be done by mouse already:

• click at start-point
• scroll to some place
• Shift+click at end-point

[Alexey-T]

I forgot about MARKERS. your wish can be done with markers:

• put caret on select-start, call 'markers: drop marker at caret' from Command Palette
• put caret to select-end
• call 'markers: select to last marker'

[hi5]

Ah yes, Markers, that might do it. Alas they are not recorded in the Macros it seems.

It is also a pita you can't edit the macros in the macro-gui, but that is another problem :)

My purpose is (as an example) that I have a line of html (where | is the caret position):
<p>Lorem ipsum <b>dolor sit |amet</b>, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p>
Now run the macro to select the text within the bold tag e.g. dolor sit amet
I do a findprevious >, start select (Drop marker), do a findnext <, then select cmd_Markers_SelectToCaret
Is there an obvious mistake I'm making?
When I record it only records the findprevious/findnext and KeyRight/Left commands.

Edit: found the error in my code, I forgot to insert cmds. for the manually added commands. Works now!
When I modify the macro code to include the cmd_Markers_DropAtCaret and cmd_Markers_SelectToCaret it doesn't seem to generate the result I expect (or am hoping for)

"ed.cmd(cmds.cmd_FinderAction,'findprev\\x01>\\x01\\x01faA')",
"ed.cmd(cmds.cCommand_KeyRight)",
"ed.cmd(cmds.cmd_Markers_DropAtCaret)",
"ed.cmd(cmds.cmd_FinderAction,'findnext\\x01<\\x01\\x01faA')",
"ed.cmd(cmds.cCommand_KeyLeft)",
"ed.cmd(cmds.cmd_Markers_SelectToCaret)"

[Alexey-T]

made the fix in app. now all cmd_Markers* commands are recorded to macros. I don't know why it was disabled.... tested with Macros plugin - such commands are recorded now.

[hi5]

Thanks!