C+LEFT
and C+RIGHT
move the caret a word at
a time. Holding down Shift
in addition to the above
extends the selection a word at a time.
A single word can be selected by double-clicking with the mouse,
or using the
Edit>More
Selection>Select
Word command (shortcut: C+e w
).
A selection that begins and ends on word boundaries can be created by
double-clicking and dragging.
C+BACKSPACE
and C+DELETE
delete the word
before or after the caret, respectively.
Edit>Complete Word (shortcut: C+b
) locates
possible completions for the word at the caret, first by looking in the
current edit mode's syntax highlighting
keyword list, and then in the current buffer for words that begin with the
word at the caret. This serves as a very basic code completion feature.
If there is only one completion, it will be inserted into the buffer immediately.
If multiple completions were found, the longest common prefix is inserted into the buffer, and a popup is shown below the caret position listing the completions.
To insert a completion from the list, either select it using the UP
and DOWN
keys and
press ENTER
, press a digit to insert one of the first
ten completions (1 is the first completion; 9 is the 9th; 0 is the 10th),
or click the desired completion with the mouse. To close the popup without inserting a
completion, press ESCAPE
.
Typing while the popup is visible will automatically update the popup and narrow the set of completions as necessary.
Edit>Word Count displays a dialog box with the number of characters, words and lines in the current buffer.
The default behavior of the
C+LEFT
,
C+RIGHT
,
C+BACKSPACE
and C+DELETE
commands is to
stop both at the beginning and the end of each word. However this can be
changed by remapping these keystrokes to alternative actions whose names end
with (Eat Whitespace) in the
Shortcuts pane of the
Utilities>Global Options
dialog box; see the section called “The Shortcuts Pane”.