Word Wrap and Cursor position

[ken gray]

When Word-wrap is on, it places characters on the right side of the cursor instead of the left like when Word-wrap is not on.

is that normal for programs? I'd rather it put things always on the left all the time; is that possible?

[Gintaras]

How I can reproduce this behavior? On my computer, caret (text cursor) is always at the right.

[ken gray]

Odd...(btw:i have 2303).

might it be due to these setting (that I just remembered I was setting in my init2).
Function Set_Editor_Cursors

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SendMessage id(2210 _hwndqm) SCI.SCI_SETCARETSTYLE 2 0
SendMessage id(2211 _hwndqm) SCI.SCI_SETCARETSTYLE 2 0
SendMessage id(2210 _hwndqm) SCI.SCI_SETCARETFORE 0xFF5E5E 0
SendMessage id(2211 _hwndqm) SCI.SCI_SETCARETFORE 0xFF5E5E 0
SendMessage id(2211 _hwndqm) SCI.SCI_SETCARETPERIOD 200 0
SendMessage id(2210 _hwndqm) SCI.SCI_SETCARETPERIOD 200 0

[Gintaras]

Still the same.

[Gintaras]

Maybe I incorrectly understand. When you type a character, it is covered by the blinking rectangle?

[ken gray]

did you try it on a wrapped line? I just found that it seems it only happens when the line is wrapped.

[Gintaras]

Yes.

[ken gray]

when i usually type with a block caret, the letter is placed to the left of the character that is highlighted by the caret. when i'm on a wrapped line the new character goes to the right.

also, when it blinks, it alternates showing the character it is currently on and the character to the right.

[Gintaras]

My Unicode was off. When Unicode, and changed caret, it is like you say. Don't know can I fix it because it is not in my source code. But will try. Thank you.

[ken gray]

thanks!

[Gintaras]

It is related to wrap indicator arrows. Works well when arrow at line beginning removed. Run this:

Macro

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SendMessage id(2210 _hwndqm) SCI.SCI_SETWRAPVISUALFLAGS 1 0
SendMessage id(2211 _hwndqm) SCI.SCI_SETWRAPVISUALFLAGS 1 0

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interesting:
If wrap line indentation of several characters used (SCI_SETWRAPSTARTINDENT), the block caret is several characters to the left.

[ken gray]

that did it!
I looked in the Options to see if i could add some formatting to the wrapped lines. is there a way to do that outside the Options dialog at this time?

[Gintaras]

I usually recognize wrapped lines by missing line numbers.
Setting a background color of "Active line" in Options also may help.
No more.

[ken gray]

oooooo....that's a good idea. i'll hook it up to wrap and set the line numbers at the same time (since i'm a freak about viewable # of characters).


thanks.