Editor - OptiPerl Knowledge Base

Selecting column mode in editor

Is there a way to select in column mode like ultraedit?

Continue reading Comments (1) 14.11.2006. 13:00

Editor settings & Cursor beyond EOL

Is it possible to change the native behavior of the editor in this way:

If I have line with source code like this:

Continue reading Comments (0) 20.01.2006. 13:39

Extended Keyboard

I have a Microsoft Office Keyboard with cut, copy and paste keys. They are not being recognized by Optiperl Pro version 5.1.57. I checked the 'Enable extended keyboard support' box in Options/Environment.

Continue reading Comments (0) 18.12.2005. 20:32

Editor delimiters

I use the keyboard to highlight text for edit/copy/paste/etc alot.

Continue reading Comments (0) 03.03.2005. 02:49

"Start up editor with last open files" not working

When I uncheck "Start up editor with last open files" and then close and reopen I still get the same 5 files I had open maybe a month ago. How can I clear these out?

Continue reading Comments (0) 05.10.2004. 22:54

How to edit the files created in the coding utf-8

How to edit the files created in the coding utf-8?

Answer:
Unfortunately this is not supported.

Comments (1) 13.08.2004. 20:50

loop depth and 2nd editor Qs

I have a few files which for various reasons have some very deep nested loops.... Currently via the gui it is only possible to set six levels...

Continue reading Comments (0) 15.07.2004. 10:24

Default cursor position in editor

First, what a superb and excellent product! After trying numerous IDE's, I can't believe what a great product this is.

I've got a quick question.

Continue reading Comments (0) 27.04.2004. 23:20

Syntax Highlighting & Variables

When I lexically scope a variable with my $var; in a subroutine and I have allready a global variable $var outside this subroutine, then the variable within the subroutine is still highlighted with bold characters as if it was the global variable.

Continue reading Comments (0) 06.04.2004. 19:52

Files with no extension

Is there a way to have OptiPerl open a file with no extension and highlight it as perl? For whatever reason I am working on a project in cvs that has all the perl files stored with no extension.

Continue reading Comments (1) 23.03.2004. 20:08

Refresh read-only status

Can you refresh the read-only status of files regularly in OptiPerl? Often times, I have a file open in OptiPerl and decide to check it out from source control.

Continue reading Comments (0) 09.03.2004. 06:21

Using editor templates

I am trying to make code completion work and it is not working the way I thought it would.

Continue reading Comments (0) 03.03.2004. 01:02

Focusing editor with ESC

The escape key, when pressed anytime, will move the focus to the editor window, and even show it if was hidden.

So this is a usefull shortcut if you are using the different windows in Optiperl.

Comments (0) 25.02.2004. 11:05

Save As.. directory

The "Save As.." seems to always suggest \OptiPerl\WebRoot\cgi-bin as a default directory. Is it possible to change that?

Continue reading Comments (0) 22.02.2004. 09:32

Word wrap incompatible with code folding

If code folding is not being shown, then word wrap (from Options / Editor / Behavior) might be enabled. This is incompatible with code folding.

Comments (0) 20.02.2004. 12:15

How to show gray vertical line in editor?

I can't see how to get the gray vertical line in the image below:

Continue reading Comments (0) 15.01.2004. 17:02

File extensions

I use ".t" files for module tests, e.g. "Baz.t" tests Baz.pm. While I've mapped the .t file to optiperl in WinXP, so clicking on a .t files opens it in Optiperl, once it opens, optiperl itself doesn't regognize it as a perl script, so I have to go to File->Other Languages->Perl to set the type.

Continue reading Comments (0) 19.08.2003. 13:51

Whitespace - Cursor beyond EOL

I don't know how to explain this. When I use OptiPerl, and lets say im on a line of code, and the next line is empty. If I hit down, it goes straight down instead of going all the way to the left (since its empty.) Is there a way to make it not count every space?

Continue reading Comments (0) 18.07.2003. 17:36

Exporting syntax highlighting settings

Is there any way of exporting syntax highlighting settings to a second machine?

Continue reading Comments (0) 22.06.2003. 10:20

HTML code unreadable

When I open any of my scripts in the Editor, all HTML code following a print _CODE_ type statement has black hatched lines superimposed over it - so it is unreadable. Rest of the code appears okay, just the HTML bits are unreadable.

Continue reading Comments (0) 21.06.2003. 13:24

Close file with double-click

Go to options / Editor / behavior and enable "close with double click on tab". This will close files by double clicking on the tab.

Comments (0) 06.05.2003. 15:09

Continue reading Comments (0) 17.09.2002. 11:58