Bug 48030

Summary: Add learning mode similar to that of OpenVMS edit/tpu
Product: [Applications] kate Reporter: colesen
Component: generalAssignee: KWrite Developers <kwrite-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: wishlist    
Priority: NOR    
Version: 2.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
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Description colesen 2002-09-19 07:10:11 UTC 
Version:           2.0 (using KDE 3.0.3)
Compiler:          gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-110)
OS:          Linux (i686) release 2.4.18-10

I wish for Kate to support a learning mode similar to that supported by the OpenVMS tpu editor.
Say you are editing a file for which you need to do the same editing sequence many times. For example, you may want to put all occurences of a particular word on a line by itself and append some text already in the cut/paste buffer. Such repetive editing can be tedious asis. With the OpenVMS tpu editor you do the following
- enter learning mode (in TPU by pressing F12 and typing learn).
- do one instance of the editing (to allow the editor to record the sequence).
- exit learning mode (in TPU by pressing press ctrl-R followed by a key to be assigned to the execution of the sequence).
- now to repeat the editing sequence just activate the learned sequence (in TPU by pressing the chosen key).
Comment 1 Hans Dembinski 2004-08-31 10:48:57 UTC 
I have a similar idea: how about automatic typeahead like in konqueror for urls, but for recognized words in the source code. just make a list of words while the user is editing the file, so that once you typed "VeryLongVariableName", next you just type "Very..." and it automatically exents to that word.

regards,
HD
Comment 2 Dominik Haumann 2004-08-31 16:46:23 UTC 
@Hans Dembinski: This wordcompletion is already available as plugin, you just have to turn it on (can be found in the editorpart plugin section).
Comment 3 Christoph Cullmann 2005-03-24 12:31:36 UTC 
this is very similar to macro system

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 44908 ***