Words, spaces, and underscores

Thu, 14 May 2009 05:55:43 Z

I'm actually using Expression Web 2, but I'm assuming this minor problem is consists throughout the entire Expression suite.

I have the following constant in PHP; "TESTING_123". If I want to quickly copy and paste that entire constant, I double click it. But the only thing that is highlighted is "TESTING", "_123" is left off. If I have the following "function foo ($var1, $var2)", and I want to quickly copy and paste "foo" for use throughout the script, I try the same method, but I get "foo ". (with the space)

These behaviors seem backwards to me. Is it at all possible to be able to select the entire constant, and/or select just the name of the function without the space? (through some option) I looked throughout page editor options, but I found nothing about it.

I believe it's these very minor imperfections, that in the long run, make it inconvenient to a perfectionist like me. I also realize this is the behavior of a browser, or a normal text editor. And it that case, it can be convenient. However, we're modifing code which doesn't use regular grammer, we're dealing with code that's very different from a normal human language. I think a code editor should acknowledge that, and realize "this_this" means "this_this" and not "this this". "function" means "function", not "function is part of a sentence". Most other code editors that I have tried, do it correctly, or what seems to me to be correct.

Are there any ways I can suggest a feature request or behavior change for Expression?

Words, spaces, and underscores

Thu, 14 May 2009 06:42:44 Z

Another example about the doubling clicking words, followed by a space:
I have the following PHP array; "$test['var']". Say I want to rename "$variable = $test['var'];" to "$var = $test['var'];". I double click 'var' within the array, and then double click 'variable' and paste. It becomes "$var= $test['var'];". (without a space) Very minor, but being a perfectionist it's also very hard to ignore that.