Re: Column Copy/Move/Paste in RDi

[Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx>]

All good stuff, everyone!  Agreed, many new ways to shoot self in foot.
Ctrl-Z is my most used key-combo as I'm learning shortcuts in RDi.

One other nasty habit is, after hitting Alt-R for the first corner, my
auto-pilot takes over and I use Shift-Arrows to "mark" the block, then
Ctrl-C, then Ctrl-V, which does some really strange sh*t.  This will
definitely take some getting used to.

- Dan

On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Dan
>
> If you like, although off-topic a bit, maybe add the other Alt-* commands -
>
> Alt-D   Delete
> Alt-K   Uppercase
> Alt-I    Lowercase
>
> All these are available with the right-click menu in any editor window.
>
> There are also a couple really nice bits in that menu - Filter for the
> selection, exclude the selection, find next instance of selection, and fill
> selection.
>
> Right-click is our friend!!
>
> Vern
>
>
> On 5/8/2015 2:10 PM, Dan wrote:
>
>> In a separate thread for a broader topic, there was discussion about
>> column
>> (rectangle) copy/move/paste in RDi.  This was a feature I could never
>> figure out the several times I wanted to use it in RDi, so I always ended
>> up going back to SEU to do it.
>>
>> Alt-C kept confusing me, equating it to Ctrl-C's function.  I also was
>> getting tripped up by the three paste options.  So, I've written a little
>> cheat sheet, and thought I'd share it here. (Note that the "Pasting"
>> section lined up using a fixed font.)
>>
>> _ Dan
>>
>> Column Copy/Move/Paste in RDi
>>
>> Alt-R to mark the first corner, then
>> Alt-R to mark the opposite corner
>> (this completes the "copy" part, like Ctrl-C does in normal Windows)
>>
>> Alt-U to deselect selected text
>>
>> Pasting:
>>           Shift or Delete   Original selection
>>             at target?          deleted?
>>   Alt-C       Shift                No
>>   Alt-M       Shift                Yes
>>   Alt-Z       Delete               No
>>
>
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