EXAMPLE:

Example O-8 SmartCopy - Correcting multiple lines of text through replacement

my_city$ = payroll(city) my_state$ = payroll(state) my_zipcode$ = payroll(zipcode) my_country$ = payroll(country) /.my = client [CTRL/ENTER] // result: client_city$ = payroll(city) client_state$ = payroll(state) client_zipcode$ = payroll(zipcode) client_country$ = payroll(country)

O.1.2.6 Duplicating Lines of Text

FORMAT:

// on a single line: `nn // on a code snippet or paragraph: /`nn

DESCRIPTION:

SmartCopy can also be used to duplicate one or more lines of code or text. The TICK MARK ("`") (located under the tilde on the far left top corner of most keyboards) tells SmartCopy that you want text duplicated. The value after the tick mark (nn) is the number of duplicates requested. You can request up to 99 duplicates.

The next example shows how to duplicate a single line three times:

Example O-9 SmartCopy - Duplicate A Single Line of Text

print '------' `3 // press [CTRL/ENTER] after "3" // result: print '------' // the original line print '------' print '------' print '------'

The example below shows how to make four duplicates of empty HTML table cells in this paragraph of HTML code by placing the leading forward slash "/" in front of the SmartCopy command:

Example O-10 SmartCopy - Duplicate Multiple Lines of Text

<tr> <td> </td> </tr> /`4 // press the [CTRL/ENTER] after "4" // result: <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr>

O.2 Smart Selection

When editing Sheerpower source program files (.SPINC and .SPSRC) in Sheerpower Rapid Development (SPDEV), Smart Selection is available, where double-clicks make smart decisions on what to select:

• Double-clicking on text inside of parenthesis will select all text between the () unless there is a comma inside the parenthesis. In the case of a comma, all text up to the comma is selected.
• Double-clicking on text inside of quote marks selects all text inside of the quote marks.
• Double-click to the right of the entire text line selects the entire line of text. The same effect when double-clicking to the left of the first non-space on the text line.
• Double-clicking on any other whitespace selects all text from the right of the whitespace to the end of line.
• Easily select complete multiple lines without having to drag the mouse from the top left to the bottom right. When selecting multiple lines, the Smart Selection happens when you release the mouse button. When the mouse button is released, you will see the additional text highlighted.
  When selecting multiple text lines, start with some column in the first line that is easy to get the cursor to...then just move the cursor straight down. When you let go of the mouse button, the rest of the text will become "smartly" highlighted. (You no longer have to find the far left side of the first line and the far right side of the last line. Smart Selection does all of that for you.
  When selecting more than one line of text with the mouse, we always EXTEND the selection to start at the left most column of the first line of the selection, and end at the right most column of the last line of the selection.
  This makes is very easy to fully select multiple lines of text! No more worries about missing a few leading spaces when the lines are highly indented, etc.