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wxEditor component
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The wxEditor class implements a simple text editor using wxPython. You
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can create a custom editor by subclassing wxEditor. Even though much of
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the editor is implemented in Python, it runs surprisingly smoothly on
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normal hardware with small files.
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Keys
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----
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Keys are similar to Windows-based editors:
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Tab: 1 to 4 spaces (to next tab stop)
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Cursor movement: Arrow keys
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Beginning of line: Home
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End of line: End
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Beginning of buffer: Control-Home
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End of the buffer: Control-End
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Select text: Hold down Shift while moving the cursor
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Copy: Shift-Insert, Control-C
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Cut: Shift-Delete, Control-X
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Paste: Control-Insert, Control-V
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How to use it
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The demo code (demo/wxEditor.py) shows how to use it as a simple text
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box. Use the SetText() and GetText() methods to set or get text from
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the component; these both return a list of strings.
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The samples/FrogEdit directory has an example of a simple text editor
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application that uses the wxEditor component.
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Subclassing
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To add or change functionality, you can subclass this
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component. One example of this might be to change the key
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Alt key commands. In that case you would (for example) override the
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SetAltFuncs() method.
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History
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The original author of this component was Dirk Holtwic. It originally
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had limited support for syntax highlighting, but was not a usable text
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editor, as it didn't implement select (with keys or mouse), or any of
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the usual key sequences you'd expect in an editor. Robin Dunn did some
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refactoring work to make it more usable. Steve Howell and Adam Feuer
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did a lot of refactoring, and added some functionality, including
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keyboard and mouse select, properly working scrollbars, and
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overridable keys. Adam and Steve also removed support for
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syntax-highlighting while refactoring the code.
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To do
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Alt/Ctrl Arrow keys move by word
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Descriptive help text for keys
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Speed improvements
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Different fonts/colors
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Authors
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Steve Howell, Adam Feuer, Dirk Holtwic, Robin Dunn
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Contact
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You can find the latest code for wxEditor here:
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http://www.pobox.com/~adamf/software/
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We're not actively maintaining this code, but we can answer
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questions about it. You can email us at:
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Adam Feuer <adamf at pobox dot com>
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Steve Howell <showell at zipcon dot net>
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29 November 2001
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