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Double-click selection of variable names in Perl

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2021 4:10 am
by vdawg
In Perl a variable can begin with $, %, or @. If I double-click to select a variable name, it will include the "$" of "$myvar", but it won't get the "@" of "@myarray" or the "%" of "%myhash".

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2021 6:12 am
by ak47wong
You can change this as follows:
  1. Click Configure > Preferences
  2. Expand Document Classes
  3. Expand Default
  4. Click Syntax
  5. In Other characters in words, enter: @%
If you want to restrict this behaviour to just Perl files, you can create a new document class for them.

Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2021 6:26 am
by vdawg
Thanks -- I'll give it a try.