This module is only for the gui-version and not for the terminal version. It is testet on the Linux and Windows environment. Mac should also work.
textadept-dev-tools and put it into your ~/.textadept/modules directory. If you want to overwrite the folder of a previous version, make sure to save your existing projects before.~/.textadept/init.lua the following line: require "textadept-dev-tools"There are some extended functions that the user can activate/deactivate from the menu: Dev-Tools -> Settings. These functions extend the default behaviour of the underlying functions and overwrite/extend their keybindings.
| Function | Keys | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Find extended | (Ctrl+f ; Cmd+f) |
If there there is a single selection the selected text will be put into the find_entry_text |
| Select Word extended | (Ctrl+Shift+d ; Cmd+Shift+d) |
Select word is extended with putting the selected word into the find_entry_text. This enables to directly cycle through the occurrences of the text with find_next and find_prev |
| Join lines extended | (Ctrl+Shift+j ; \^j) |
Join selected lines with shrinking all the whitespace in between lines to 1 space |
| Cut extended | (Ctrl+x ; Cmd+x) |
If nothing is selected and the user calls cut, then the current line will be cutted |
| Run extended | (Ctrl+r ; Cmd+r) |
Before the command is executed the current view_buffer_state is stored. If there is a project loaded the project's run_main_filepath and run_commands will be respected |
| Compile extended | (Ctrl+Shift+r ; Cmd+Shift+r) |
Before the command is executed the current view_buffer_state is stored. If there is a project loaded the project's compile_main_filepath and compile_commands will be respected |
| Build extended | (Ctrl+Shift+b ; Cmd+Shift+b) |
Before the command is executed the current view_buffer_state is stored. If there is a project loaded the project's build_commands will be respected |
There are additional functions that can be called from the menu or via keybindings. Most of these keybindings are a keychain that can be activated with Alt+d.
| Function | Keys | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Open Settings | Alt+d os |
Opens the settings file for controlling functions behaviour and keybindings |
| Rename File | Alt+d rf |
Opens a dialog to rename the filename of the current buffer. On rename the buffer will be closed and directly reopened afterwards |
| Goto Keyline | Ctrl+g |
Opens a dialog with the lines in the current buffer that are matching predefined patterns. Patterns are defined in keylines.lua. There are currently a limited number of languages supported, but additional patterns can be added easily if one knows about the syntax of the language and regular expressions |
| Goto Origin | Ctrl+Shift+g |
Every time a Goto Keyline or Goto related Keyline command is applied a new origin is defined. With goto_origin the user can go back to this point |
| Switch Print Buffers | (Ctrl+Alt+Enter ; Cmd+Alt+Enter) |
For all Views, if the current Buffer is a Print-Buffer (i.e. Find_in_Files_Buffer, Message_Buffer), then switch to the previous Buffer that wasn't a Print-Buffer |
| Load Project | Alt+d lp |
Opens a dialog to choose one of the stored projects. After a project is loaded, it persists (even after restart) until it's unloaded |
| Unload project | Alt+d up |
Unloads the current project |
| New project | Alt+d np |
Opens a dialog to put in project's name and opens the project config-file afterwards |
| Configure project | Alt+d cp |
Configuration of loaded project by opening the project's configuration file |
| Quick open project | Alt+d qop |
Quick Open of defined project files |
| Find in Project | Alt+d fip |
Finds search text in project files and print results to [Files-Found-Buffer]. All open files are saved before and existing content in [Files-Found-Buffer] is cleared before |
| Replace in project | Alt+d rip |
Opens a dialog to input a replace text, then replaces all occurrences of Find in Project results. Works only if the current buffer is the [Files-Found-Buffer] and there are Find in Project results |
| Find+Replace in project | Alt+d frip |
First does Find in Project and directly afterwards Replace in Project |
| Find in Libraries | Alt+d fil |
Find search text in project libraries and print results to [Files-Found-Buffer]. All open files are saved before and existing content in [Files-Found-Buffer] is cleared before |
| Quick open in Libraries | Alt+d qol |
Quick Open of defined library files |
| Close Library-Buffers | Alt+d clb |
Closes all Buffers which filepath is defined in the project's library pathes |
| Goto related Keyline | f12 |
Takes the Word under the caret and finds related keylines in defined project files. Optional: if goto_lib=true, then search also in the project libraries |
The keybindings Ctrl+g and Ctrl+shift+g for Goto Keyline and Goto Origin are in conflict with the keybinings for find_next and find_prev. On Linux/Win there is an alternative for these functions with the keys F3 and Shift+F3. On Mac the user has to find his own solution.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| prefered_view_idx | view number where the output of run-, compile- and build-commands, as well as the results of find_in_project and find_in_libraries is printed out. If set to nil, then the current view is used to print |
| goto_lib | indicates whether the function Goto related Keyline should take the project libraries into account |
| libs_read_only | when open a file that is contained in the project libraries, the buffer is set to read_only=true if this flag is set to true |