Base keystroke methods

acceptKey: aCharEvent

This method tells the text model of the editor controller that its current text is to be considered the most up-to-date version for purposes of canceling, saving or evaluation.

If any text is currently selected, that text is cut to the clipboard. If the selection is empty, then the character behind the cursor is removed and the cursor backs up one space.

If any text is currently selected, then that text and an additional word preceding the selection are removed. If the cursor is at the beginning of a word or in white space, then the entire preceding word is removed. If the cursor is in the middle of a word, then the portion of the word that precedes the cursor is removed.

If any text is currently selected, then the font and/or font style is changed. If no text is currently selected, then the font and/or font style is changed for any text that is typed after the current cursor location. Based on the keyValue of aCharEvent, the changes of the font and/or style are as follows:

• b - Turns bold on.

• B - Turns bold off.

• i - Turns italics on.

• I - Turns italics off.

• + - Makes font size large.

• - - Returns font size to normal.

• s - Changes font style to Serif.

• S - Changes font style to non Serif.

• u - Turns underlining on.

• U - Turns underlining off.

This method is called by the new font menu items provided by the DevTool extensions in the Text editor pop-up menu.

If any text is currently selected, then the text is copied to the clipboard. If the selection is empty, then the clipboard is cleared.

If any text is currently selected, the selection is deselected, and the cursor is placed to the right side of what was the first character in the previous selection. The cursor will move one line down on the screen from its current position.

If any text is currently selected, the selection is deselected, and the cursor is placed to the left side of what was the first character in the previous selection. If the selection is empty, the cursor will move one character to the left from its current position.

If any text is currently selected, the selection is deselected, and the cursor is placed to the right side of what was the first character in the previous selection. If the selection is empty, the cursor will move one character to the right from its current position.

If any text is currently selected, the selection is deselected, and the cursor is placed to the left side of what was the first character in the previous selection. The cursor will move one line up on the screen from its current position.

If any text is currently selected, then that text is removed and placed in the clipboard. If the selection is empty, then the clipboard is cleared.

If "LookPreferences deleteForward" is set to false, then backspaceKey: is called. If "LookPreferences deleteForward" is set to true, then if there is any text selected, that text is removed and placed in the clipboard. If the selection is empty, then the character to the right of the caret is removed.

This method replaces the current text selection with the text ':='.

This method replaces the current text selection with a carriage return.

This method replaces the current text selection with today's date. This is in the form of: 'Month dayOfMonth, Year'. i.e. June 27, 2003.

This method replaces the current text selection with the text 'ifFalse:'.

This method replaces the current text selection with the text 'ifTrue:'.

The beginning and end of the current selection are checked to see if the selection is surrounded by any of the following pairs: (),[],<>,{},'' and "". The specific pair searched for is based on the keyValue of aCharEvent. If a searched-for mating pair is found, those characters are removed from the selection. If the searched-for pair is not found, the selection is enclosed with the pair. (i.e. '{frank}' becomes 'frank', and 'bob' can become '<bob>'.)

If any text is currently selected, then that text is deselected, and the cursor moves to the right of the last character of what was the last line of what was the previously selected text. If no text is currently selected, then the cursor moves to the right of the last character of the current line of text in the display.

This method brings up a dialog that allows the user to look, for a string in the current text. This works the same as if the find... menu item is chosen from the Text editor pop-up menu.

If any text is currently selected, this method will look for the next occurrence of that text in the text pane. If no text is currently selected, then the next occurrence of the contents of the paste buffer is searched for. If the searched-for text is found, then it is selected and that selection scrolls into view. If the searched-for text is not found, the user is told this via a dialog box, and the current selection is not changed.

If any text is currently selected, the text is deselected, and the cursor moves to the left of the first character of what was the first line of the previously selected text. If no text is currently selected, then the cursor moves to the left of the first character of the current line of text in the display.

This method operates as a no-op for keystrokes. If a keystroke is to be purposely ignored, it can be assigned to this method.

If the next character in the display is one of the following "close bracket" characters, then the cursor moves to the right of that character: ) ] > } ' ". If the next character is any other character, then the selection remains unchanged.

If any text is currently selected, all carriage returns are removed from the text. Multiple lines of text become a single, long, word-wrapped line of text.

If any text is currently selected, the text is replaced with keyValue of aCharEvent. If no text is currently selected, then the keyValue is inserted at the current cursor point.

If any text is currently selected the that text is deselected. The view of the text then scrolls down one page on the screen.

If any text is currently selected, the that text is deselected. The view of the text then scrolls up one page on the screen.

If any text is currently selected, then the contents of the clipboard are pasted over the selection. If no text is currently selected, then the contents of the clipboard are inserted into the text at the current cursor point.

This method brings up a dialog that allows the user to enter a string to be found in the current text. The user has the option of replacing the found text with another string entered into the dialog box. This works the same as if the replace... menu item is chosen from the Text editor pop-up menu. If the searched-for text is not found, the user is told this via a dialog box and the current selection is not changed.

If any text is currently selected, the next occurrence of the text of the undo selection is looked for in the text pane. If the searched-for text is found, it is replaced with the text of the undo selection. It is selected and the new selection will scroll into view. If the searched-for text is not found, the user is told this via a dialog box and the current selection is not changed.

This method makes the most recently typed text the current selection.

This method undoes (backs out) the last change made to the text.

This utility method allows aCharacter to be configured in this text editor object to invoke aKeyboardMethod. Since this is a utility method, it cannot be assigned to a keystroke via the TextEditor Keystroke remapping.

This utility method inserts the passed string into the text starting at the passed character location. The newly inserted text then becomes the current selection. Since this is a utility method, it cannot be assigned to a keystroke via the TextEditor Keystroke remapping.

This utility method does most of the work behind intercepting keystrokes and dispatching them to the appropriate keystroke functions. Since this is a utility method, it cannot be assigned to a keystroke via the TextEditor Keystroke remapping.

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