Programming question
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
Yeah, I still think macros are great as long as they aren't abused.
You don't consider your example macro abuse? :omg:
Ryan
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Ryan Binns wrote:
You don't consider your example macro abuse?
No I don't. It's not so much what you do with them that's abusive, but more so how much you rely on them and the intent that is. If there's no clean/quick/portable way to achieve the bracket replacement that he's trying to do so he can program more effeciently, but yet macros offer a simple solution then it's not abusive. OTOH if he's trying to make Pascal syntax out of C/C++ just because it's neato, then that's very abusive (and I've seen people attempt this).
Jeremy Falcon The mind is like a parachute. It works best when it is open. - Colin Angus Mackay (2006-08-18)
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My idea is to press
Shift+Spaceand then"{ \newline }"would be insterted at the cursor position. How could I do that, via Snippet, Macro, Addin?Greeeg wrote:
Macro
Thats pretty easy,
Sub CurlyBrackets() Dim sCurly As String sCurly = "{ " & vbNewLine & vbNewLine & " }" ActiveDocument.Selection.Text = sCurly End SubJust map that to a key combo and away you go.
I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:
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Ryan Binns wrote:
You don't consider your example macro abuse?
No I don't. It's not so much what you do with them that's abusive, but more so how much you rely on them and the intent that is. If there's no clean/quick/portable way to achieve the bracket replacement that he's trying to do so he can program more effeciently, but yet macros offer a simple solution then it's not abusive. OTOH if he's trying to make Pascal syntax out of C/C++ just because it's neato, then that's very abusive (and I've seen people attempt this).
Jeremy Falcon The mind is like a parachute. It works best when it is open. - Colin Angus Mackay (2006-08-18)
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
If there's no clean/quick/portable way to achieve the bracket replacement that he's trying to do so he can program more effeciently, but yet macros offer a simple solution then it's not abusive.
There is a way, use a VS macro, they are easy to create (heck VS has a macro recorder) and assign it to a key combo. Done, no worries about someone else looking at your code wondering WTF is BO & BC for.
I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
If there's no clean/quick/portable way to achieve the bracket replacement that he's trying to do so he can program more effeciently, but yet macros offer a simple solution then it's not abusive.
There is a way, use a VS macro, they are easy to create (heck VS has a macro recorder) and assign it to a key combo. Done, no worries about someone else looking at your code wondering WTF is BO & BC for.
I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:
S Douglas wrote:
There is a way, use a VS macro
If VS is your only environment then yeah I totally agree. Go with that instead.
Jeremy Falcon The mind is like a parachute. It works best when it is open. - Colin Angus Mackay (2006-08-18)
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Yeah, this is really a programming question, sort of :~ What I really hate is typing curly braces in languages like C#/C++ etc. I use a german keyboard layout and typing { and } involes using a weird combination, Alt+Gr+7 for { and Alt+Gr+0 for } Not only does this disturb the typing flow, but the combination is also really unhandy and error prone, especially when switching keybords often (laptop, desktop, work etc). What are your solutions to this problem? :) regards
I use a Danish keyboard and kinda have the same problem. I solved it by making a simple macro in VS, so when I press ctrl-æ VS change the line, insert a { change the line again and insert a } and move the caret to be right after the {. Works great :)
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S Douglas wrote:
There is a way, use a VS macro
If VS is your only environment then yeah I totally agree. Go with that instead.
Jeremy Falcon The mind is like a parachute. It works best when it is open. - Colin Angus Mackay (2006-08-18)
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
If VS is your only environment
Now that you mention it, he didn't specify what enviroment he was working in, much less which version. Kinda important. :shrugs: all yea can do is offer a suggestion.
I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:
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Greeeg wrote:
Macro
Thats pretty easy,
Sub CurlyBrackets() Dim sCurly As String sCurly = "{ " & vbNewLine & vbNewLine & " }" ActiveDocument.Selection.Text = sCurly End SubJust map that to a key combo and away you go.
I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:
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I use a Danish keyboard and kinda have the same problem. I solved it by making a simple macro in VS, so when I press ctrl-æ VS change the line, insert a { change the line again and insert a } and move the caret to be right after the {. Works great :)
- Anders My new photo website[^]
Yeah, I from now on use this solution, and it works perfectly :) regards
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Yeah, this is really a programming question, sort of :~ What I really hate is typing curly braces in languages like C#/C++ etc. I use a german keyboard layout and typing { and } involes using a weird combination, Alt+Gr+7 for { and Alt+Gr+0 for } Not only does this disturb the typing flow, but the combination is also really unhandy and error prone, especially when switching keybords often (laptop, desktop, work etc). What are your solutions to this problem? :) regards