Re: Text-based interface: Editing line input
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- Subject: [mg91931] Re: Text-based interface: Editing line input
- From: David Bailey <dave at Remove_Thisdbailey.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:54:47 -0400 (EDT)
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Ken Johnson wrote: > I have been enjoying mathematica, for a bit. While some might consider me a minimalist, I enjoy the text-based interface over the notebook style usage. However I severely miss the ability to move the cursor left and right for editing a single line. The documentation itself suggests pasting lines, but most of my pasting requires a little editing too. So instead of pasting whole lines of input, I resort to partial line paste, adding different text, then pasting the remaining relevant portion of a line. > > Is there any way to be able to freely move the cursor on a line? I have obviously tried the arrow keys, and also have tried emacs style movements as well with no luck (ctrl-b ctrl-f for backwards and forewards). Any suggestions? > > > > Rather than use the command line interface, I like to store code in a package file (.m) and edit and execute code from that. The FE will edit a .m file, but it does not auto-indent, and there is a very simple relationship between the visible package file and what is stored on disk. I would strongly suggest you try this interface. David Bailey http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk