cutting a file into blocks

[snuup]

hi. i would like to fold the file

111 process xxx      <- begin
text text 
text text 
text text            <- end
222  process yyy     <- begin
text text 
text text 
text text            <- end
333  process yyy     <- begin
text text 
text text 
text text            <- end

on the "process" line boundaries. tried with lookahead regex:

"folding": {
        "log": {
            "beginRegex": "process",            
            "endRegex": "(?=^.*process)"
        }
    },

without success. any hint?

suggestion: for simple break-into-block folding as i intend to do here, it would be nice to allow specifying the begin(Regex) only.

[daiyam]

@snuup with the newest version (v0.6.0), you do:

"folding": {
    "log": {
        "separator": "process"
    }
}

[daiyam]

If you have any issue, fell free to reopen this issue.

[snuup]

Wow, that is really fast and cool, thank you so much. Check it as soon as its out on market place. Meanwhile read your code ;)

[daiyam]

read my code?

[snuup]

the changes you just commited.

[snuup]

hmm, folding does not occur on my side. i used a file with this content:

111 process xxx      
text text 
text text 
text text            
222  process yyy     
text text 
text text 
text text            
333  process yyy     
text text 
text text 
text text            

and copied exactly your settings.

"folding": {
    "log": {
        "separator": "process"
    }
},

it works on your side?

[daiyam]

it does but the file's extension needs to be log. You can change the "log" to "*" to work on all files but you will need to be careful with a generic separator as it is.

[snuup]

sure. i closed and reopened vscode, now it works. - the "window reloads" obviously did not have the same effect.

thank you so much @daiyam, that is extremely useful for me now, and i guess for other readers of text log files too ;)

[retorquere]

I'm trying to set this up for Python Interactive, but with this

"folding": {
      "py": { "separator": "# %%"}
    }

I don't see the folding markers for the sections.

[daiyam]

try:

"folding": {
  "python": { "separator": "# %%"}
}

[retorquere]

Superb!