[wingide-users] [scripting] overwriting selection

[Luc Bourhis]

> Luc Bourhis wrote:
>> editor.GetSelection() returns the current selection but how would I  
>> overwrite it with a string in a script?
>
> Text modification is done through the document object.  I think you  
> want to use something like the following (untested) code:
>
>  doc = editor.GetDocument()
>  start, end = editor.GetSelection()
>  doc.DeleteChars(start, end)
>  doc.InsertChars(start, text)
>
> You also may or may not want to set the selection after inserting  
> the new text.

It works. Thanks! Actually, I have just noticed that I could have  
found the answer by myself if I had read through scripts/ 
editor_extensions.py inside Wing IDE 3 application folder.

Thanks again,

Luc Bourhis
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