Slick V3.3 manual Sorting Text, Preserving the Column on Top/Bottom, Setting the Line Insert Style

Sorting Text

dent levels, or decimal points shown. To set these options, from the main menu, click Window → Prefer- ences, expand SlickEdit and click General in the tree, then double-click the General setting. On the General Options dialog, select the General Tab. Select one of the Current line highlight options. Click on the color boxes to change the box color or the column marker color.

Preserving the Column on Top/Bottom

You can specify that the top_of_buffer (Ctrl+Home) and bottom_of_buffer (Ctrl+End) commands do not change the column position unless already at the top or bottom of the buffer. To set this option, from the main menu, click Window → Preferences, expand SlickEdit and click General in the tree, then double-click the General setting. On the General Options dialog, select the More Tab. Select the option Preserve column on top/bottom.

Setting the Line Insert Style

To set the line insert style, from the main menu, click Window → Preferences, expand SlickEdit and click General in the tree, then double-click the General setting. On the General Options dialog, select the More Tab. Set the Line insert style to Before or After. When the line insert style is set to Before, lines of text are inserted before the current line. When the line insert style is set to After, lines of text are inser- ted after the current line.

Sorting Text

SlickEdit® Core uses a stable quicksort algorithm to sort text. It is recommended that at least half the text be in memory for best speed results. To sort text, from the main menu, click Tools → Sort. The Sort dia- log box is displayed.

Figure 6.16. Sort Dialog

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