yes, it isn't really an everyday thing but it can be useful when editing SQL or old languages where column alignment is everything. To tell you the truth I started using that on the native os x text editor, you just press option and start dragging around, the cursor becomes a cross and all makes a bit more sense :)
yes, that is what one should do (in fact lately I am dropping SQL all together), but the box selection I used it a lot when I was creating ui elements in objective c with this tool, ASCIImage that transforms a string like this:
into these hi res images, on the fly:
it really helped a lot although you end up creating the weirdest copy and paste combinations - hence the box selection :)
Ahh okay!
Yeah, that works on windows for me but I don't use that.
Can not think of any situation where i need that 🤔
yes, it isn't really an everyday thing but it can be useful when editing SQL or old languages where column alignment is everything. To tell you the truth I started using that on the native os x text editor, you just press option and start dragging around, the cursor becomes a cross and all makes a bit more sense :)
Okay, usually when I work with SQL it is not directly SQL but some layer over SQL ;)
So with what old languages are you still working with?
yes, that is what one should do (in fact lately I am dropping SQL all together), but the box selection I used it a lot when I was creating ui elements in objective c with this tool, ASCIImage that transforms a string like this:
+ (UIImage *)chevronImageWithColor:(UIColor *)color { NSArray *asciiRep = @[ @"· · · · · · · · · · · ·", @"· · · 1 2 · · · · · · ·", @"· · · A # # · · · · · ·", @"· · · · # # # · · · · ·", @"· · · · · # # # · · · ·", @"· · · · · · 9 # 3 · · ·", @"· · · · · · 8 # 4 · · ·", @"· · · · · # # # · · · ·", @"· · · · # # # · · · · ·", @"· · · 7 # # · · · · · ·", @"· · · 6 5 · · · · · · ·", @"· · · · · · · · · · · ·", ]; return [self imageWithASCIIRepresentation:asciiRep color:[UIColor blackColor] shouldAntialias:NO]; }into these hi res images, on the fly:
it really helped a lot although you end up creating the weirdest copy and paste combinations - hence the box selection :)
Crazy stuff!