[Lazarus] IDE option: Convert selection to string ?

Michael Van Canneyt michael at freepascal.org
Thu Jul 12 17:00:46 CEST 2018



On Thu, 12 Jul 2018, Martin Frb via Lazarus wrote:

> On 12/07/2018 14:36, Anthony Walter via Lazarus wrote:
>> How about something that takes the current caret position in the 
>> source editor, the clipboard context, and inserts as a Pascal quoted 
>> string that wraps with + at the end of line, and appropriate system 
>> defined line break characters?
>>
>> The command for this would be in the menu as "Edit -> Paste as 
>> String", and reassignable through custom keyboard bindings.
>>
>> This would be easy enough to add, but for me unfortunately I've been 
>> busy with moving and renovating my house. When I'm done if no one else 
>> has added it, I might write it as an add on package.
>>
> For this, have a look ot menu Edit > Multi line paste

'Multipaste'

Very nice, these hidden gems... :)

Michael.


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