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Multi-edit Update: 1.2 released

This update fixes a few bugs, chooses some more logical shortcuts (removing some of the configs for consistency’s sake), and adds a few new features.

Note:

  • Check the settings dialog for the new shortcuts
  • You can contact me if you really want your old ones back
  • Full details can be found in the release notes.

Smart Column

This replaces the “end-of-line column mode”, but still provides the same functionality if you trigger it from the end of a line. But when triggered mid-line, it will navigate down columns of words. For example (with “|” representing marks):

val1 |= x value2 |= y value_long3 |= z

One-time auto-increment

You can now quickly insert incrementing values on-the-fly by pressing Ctrl+I. Check the settings dialog for info on the command syntax.

Get Multi-edit 1.2!

enjoy :)

Posted on the 2nd May 2009 at 3:13am
In the category: Multi-edit
This post was written by a mere human so errors are definitely possible, please let me know if you find any! :)
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14 Responses to “Multi-edit Update: 1.2 released”

  1. tny: (27 May 2009, 9:45pm)

    bug?

    in multi-edit mode, escape key insert escape unicode caracter, instead of exit multi-edit mode or whatever.

    I like it, It’s great, but I have to get practice.

    thanks.

  2. Jon: (11 Jun 2009, 10:31pm)

    Hi, thanks for the feedback, has been fixed in 1.2.1

  3. Jimmy: (8 Jul 2009, 8:03pm)

    Just passing here to say that I really like the work you’ve done here. The possibility of multi-editing is a luxury I cannot give up now :D

    On windows, Sublime Text implements this as well beautifully as well (much better than e Text editor)…it’s a bit more integrated the normal functions of the editor…for example, if you type Alt+F3 when cursor is on a word, it selects all the occurences of the word…and they’re ready to be edit (all at the same time)…
    pretty neat….may give you some inspirations for further upgrades :D
    I dont know if the plugin API of gedit would allow that though….

    Again, thanks for the plugin.
    jimmy

  4. Jon: (9 Jul 2009, 1:55am)

    That’s a nice idea. I’ll have to add it if I ever get round to adding selection support… :s

  5. Chris: (26 Jul 2009, 8:06pm)

    This is VERY well done. Just out of curiosity, though, what kinds of tasks do you use this for?

  6. Jon: (27 Jul 2009, 12:15am)

    Glad you like it. It’s a life saver when it comes to editing csv files, but generally I use a lot for renaming variables and anything else repetitive.

  7. Yesudeep Mangalapilly: (11 Sep 2009, 9:14am)

    I seem to have lost the ability to switch between document tabs (using Ctrl-Alt-PgUp/Dn) with this plugin enabled. Hopefully, this can be fixed.

  8. Jon: (15 Sep 2009, 2:26pm)

    1.2.2 released
    Fixes: the Ctrl+Alt+PgDown/PgUp bug

    cheers

  9. teo: (4 Oct 2009, 9:24pm)

    Thanks so much for this useful plugin!

    I’m used to edit in column mode with Notepad++/UltraEdit and was really looking for something similar under gedit.

    Keep going!
    Thanks,

  10. vince: (6 Oct 2009, 1:28pm)

    Love the plugin.. this is the last thing I was missing from TextMate.

    Thank you!
    -Vince

  11. Ken: (19 Nov 2009, 10:11pm)

    Lovely! Missed this so much from E. And yes, the extra features are great! Thank you for making this.

    Ken

  12. Dan: (13 Mar 2010, 5:38am)

    This is incredible. My most sincere thanks.

  13. karatedog: (15 Mar 2010, 8:52am)

    Great work, I don’t use every feature, but makes my life easier.
    I would second Jimmy’s idea, which would be a kind of interactive search&replace.

  14. chris: (2 May 2010, 5:34pm)

    very nice, ty for the hard work

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