How to open 'square brackets' in XCode faster?

bengimizrahi · Jun 22, 2008, 06:21 AM

Is there a macro that opens square brackets in XCode?

For example, suppose that my cursor is at <cursor> in the following code:

[foo method]<cursor>;

And after a key shortcut I get the following code:

[[foo method]<cursor>];

Is this possible?

Catfish_Man · Jun 22, 2008, 01:40 PM

Not that I'm aware of, but that's a good idea

Sayer · Jun 22, 2008, 04:31 PM

There is an integrated scripting utility that lets you write complex scripts and assign them shortcut key combos in Xcode. Unfortunately I am poolside with my work DELL Craptop so I can't go through the motions.

Basically anyone good with shell scripting should be able to make or adopt an existing shell script to put an open [ at the beginning of the current line and/or selection and put a closing ] at the end of the line.

Eraserhead · Jun 22, 2008, 05:33 PM

^^ That's not exactly what you want, you want it to put it at the beginning of the current [] block...

Mac Player · Jun 22, 2008, 05:54 PM

You might want to give a look at TextMate's Objective-C bundle scripts.

bengimizrahi · Jun 23, 2008, 12:54 AM

Hmm. The scripting cabability XCode provides appears to be too heavy for such a small task. What do you think? We have to write a (say, python) script that takes the whole text file as input, right? And I guess we need two things: 1. Get the current location of the cursor, 2. Change the current location of the cursor.

Jun 22, 2008, 06:21 AM	#1
bengimizrahi macrumors newbie Join Date: May 2008 Location: Istanbul	How to open 'square brackets' in XCode faster? Is there a macro that opens square brackets in XCode? For example, suppose that my cursor is at <cursor> in the following code: [foo method]<cursor>; And after a key shortcut I get the following code: [[foo method]<cursor>]; Is this possible?

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Jun 22, 2008, 01:40 PM	#2
Catfish_Man macrumors 68020 Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Portland, OR	Not that I'm aware of, but that's a good idea

Jun 22, 2008, 05:33 PM	#4
Eraserhead Contributor Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Oxford, UK	^^ That's not exactly what you want, you want it to put it at the beginning of the current [] block...

Jun 22, 2008, 05:54 PM	#5
Mac Player macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2006	You might want to give a look at TextMate's Objective-C bundle scripts.

Jun 23, 2008, 12:54 AM	#6
bengimizrahi Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: May 2008 Location: Istanbul	Hmm. The scripting cabability XCode provides appears to be too heavy for such a small task. What do you think? We have to write a (say, python) script that takes the whole text file as input, right? And I guess we need two things: 1. Get the current location of the cursor, 2. Change the current location of the cursor.