[QScintilla] block selection

[Phil Thompson]

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:55:43 +0100, Petr Vanek <petr at scribus.info> wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> I'd like to implement a "block selection" feature in my editor.
> Unfortunately it does not switch the mode as required - the stream mode
is
> always used.
> 
> Envirionment: Qt4, C++, Suse Linux, QScintilla 2.3 rpm from Packman
> repository.
> 
> Testcase: I modified example-Qt4 from QScintilla bundle (add action to
> menu,
> its connect and slot). The slot is listed:
> 
> void MainWindow::handleSelection()
> {
>     // switch selection mode 
>     int sel =
> textEdit->SendScintilla(QsciScintillaBase::SCI_GETSELECTIONMODE);
>     textEdit->SendScintilla(QsciScintillaBase::SCI_SETSELECTIONMODE,
>                             sel==QsciScintillaBase::SC_SEL_STREAM
>                                                   ?
> QsciScintillaBase::SC_SEL_RECTANGLE
>                                                   :
> QsciScintillaBase::SC_SEL_STREAM);
> }
> 
> it looks like there is always Stream mode in this minimal example.
> 
> Well, maybe I'm calling SendScintilla with wrong parameters but (based on
> Scintilla docs
> http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html#SCI_SETSELECTIONMODE
> ) it looks like the right way.
> 
> What should be wrong?

It's just not implemented in the Qt backend.

Phil