Just a little shortcut suggestion: When using auto closing })] and ", text is not inserted if you press })] or " next to the matching closing character. Right? So... I suggest to also add a feature when ";" is pressed next to an auto closing character that it places the ";" on the outside of the closing character
ie. character | represents blinking cursor press: "| auto text: "|" type: "Some words|" press semi-colon: "Some words;|" auto text change to this: "Some words";|
Edited by - MiddleTommy on Dec 21 2006 09:58:03 AM
we could not do this inside double quotes, since you are typing a string. as soon as we start saying "you cannot type a semi colon in the middle of a literal string" this is going to cause problems.
there is a feature request to spot semi colon's in "invalid" locations, just before a closing bracket, and move them to after the closing bracket, which is the same basic idea as this.
You could make it an option to turn it off inside quotes or make you have to hold down CTRL with semicolon to allow the semicolon in side the string. etc.. etc... for each other closing character.
I bet the amount of semicolons inside string literals, etc... are far less than the ones at the end of each and every line in the entire program
I believe most would suffer a little for semicolons in strings to save tons of split seconds of having to press the arrow key or the like(a key not on the main keyboard which requires moving your hand and not just a finger) to go out of the closing character and then press semicolon If that makes sense as a valid arguement? Well I hope it makes it into future releases.
Closing } ) ] and "
Posted - Dec 21 2006 : 09:52:29 AM
