edit a macro or create a new one

[webber123456]

I found a macro which underlines text.

Currently, the macro underlines properly by indenting as needed and placing underscore character for length of text.

I would like to know how to edit the macro, or know how to build a new one, which adds an apostrophe as the first character of the underline so it appears as:

'my text here
'---------------

any help available ??

[Bob Hansen]

Cannot edit macros in TextPad now. But cast a vote here:
http://www.textpad.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3775

Also consider using Macro Scheduler as a Macro tool for all applications.

[webber123456]

Interesting program but I don't see an easy way to integrate it with Textpad.

Can anyone give me a few clues on how to build a macro to achieve the underline effect as described above ??


thanks.

[Bob Hansen]

I may have some ideas, but need to understand "underline". When you say "underline" are you inserting characters on the next line, beneath the characers above? Does this mean text is already double spaced?

[webber123456]

yes, the underline is directly below the existing selected line of text and indented to match position and also matches length.

My guess at how to do this for the line of text selected is:

1-copy the selected line,
2-paste it below the existing,
3-replace all characters with underscore character,
4 select new line and then
5-replace first underscore character of new line with apostrophe

now the trick is to get this into a macro via some type of regular expression thingy :)

[webber123456]

can anyone offer some suggestions on what the regular expression might be ?

[s_reynisson]

You can select the new line using something like ([^ ]+.*[^ ])+ (POSIX style) but after that I'm stumped. The Edit->Fill block command is grayed out after a regex selection, is that normal? (I have block mode on and word wrap off)