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Eclipse, editing in column mode
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Aiko Tanabe
Greenhorn
Joined: Jul 07, 2003
Posts: 2
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Hi I have a question for all Eclipse users. I used to use an editor called UltraEdit which was excellent but have slowly moved to an IDE in eclipse. One of the features I made use of often was column mode (alt-c, in Ultraedit) where you can select test in an editor by column and not by line. Is there similar functionality in eclipse?
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Dan Kehn
Dastardly Dan the Author
Ranch Hand
Joined: Jun 11, 2003
Posts: 120
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No, but the Visual SlickEdit plug-in does column-select and much more. -- Dan
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Co-author of <a href="http://www.jdg2e.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The Java Developer's Guide to Eclipse</a>, 2nd Edition<br />(Yahoo group <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JDG2E/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">JDG2E</a>)
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Aiko Tanabe
Greenhorn
Joined: Jul 07, 2003
Posts: 2
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Thanks Dan, I'll check it out.
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Scott Ding
Greenhorn
Joined: Nov 27, 2002
Posts: 13
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good, but it is not free.
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Dan Kehn
Dastardly Dan the Author
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Joined: Jun 11, 2003
Posts: 120
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metacomment: While I certainly appreciate freeware, I'd feel a bit hypocritical to always expect it in light of the fact that I earn my living selling software. I register "cheap" software like WinZip and SnagIt because they make my job easier; sometimes I even shell out the big bucks for products like Adobe Acrobat. I'm fortunate that my employer provides me with a lot of the really expensive software products I use daily. This is bordering on a mini-rant, so I'll simply end by noting that much of the "free" software in this world is ultimately paid by commercial software sales. Eclipse is a case study of this business model. Next time you happily buy some commercial software, think of it as supporting the freebies. -- Dan
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