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New User to CudaText with a few questions/suggestions

Posted: 02.03.2021 08:01
by juanzo3526
Okay, so first off i would like to thank the developer of this.
I used Notepad++ before, but more and more there were a few things that i just didn´t liked about it.
So i searched for a better Text Editor that fits my needs (i´m only creating Autohotkeys Scripts as a hobby). CudaText was the best one.
The amount of customization is astounding. It does everything Notepad++ does and much more. Exactly what i wanted.
However, there are some questions i have which i didn´t understand yet correctly. Remember, i´m only a simple User and not a Coder, but i´m trying to explain them as good as i can.

1.
Every Font has strange Spaces in it.
I tried out different Fonts and every one of them has strange spaces in it:
Font.png
The only one i see so far that works correct are "Consolas" and "Courrier New":
Corrier New.png
But even the Font "Arial", simply the most default used Font on Windows, has this problem:
Arial.png
Is this a bug or what is going on?
Currently i want to use a Font named "Droid Sans", which i also used on NP++, and i want to continue using this Font in CudaText, but these Spaces between characters is just awful.
I even tried out a fresh CudaText Installation without any changes. As soon as i change to any of the above mentioned Fonts, i get these Spaces.

2.
In NP++, in the Context Menu (Mouse right Click) there was an option to "Block Comment" and "Unblock Comment". Basically a quick way to disable some text.
Is this possible in CudaText?

Posted: 02.03.2021 08:06
by juanzo3526
3.
In NP++, if you doubleclicked a Word, it highlights it. In addition it also highlighted all other Words that are similar.
001565.png
In the screenshot you can see i doubleclicked on "FirstTimeSetup2" (in NP++), it then highlights it, but also highlights all the other similar words in other lines.
This is not possible in CudaText right now. There is a plugin called "Highlight Occurrences", which kind of does what i want. However, it immediately highlights all other similar words without doubleclick. Also i can´t change the color of it.
Is this somehow possible in CudaText without this plugin?

Thanks so much for answering any of my questions.

Posted: 02.03.2021 13:27
by Shovel
1. That is probably because CudaText only supports monospaced fonts. 'Droid Sans Mono' should work, but probably not 'Droid Sans'
2. In main menu: 'Plugins > Comments > Toggle stream comment'
3. By default "Highlight Occurrences" uses color "BracketBg", which can be changed: "Options > Settings-theme-syntax". And regarding double-click - did you try changing option 'caret_allow' to 'true' in 'Options > Settings-plugins > Highlight Occurrences > Config...' ?

Posted: 02.03.2021 13:53
by uvviewsoft
about 2.
> in the Context Menu (Mouse right Click) there was an option to "Block Comment" and "Unblock Comment".

Using the plugin "Config Menu" (in addons) you can add commands of "Comments" (preinstalled: Plugins/ Comments/ etc) plugin to the right-click menu. by editing the JSON config of menu.

Posted: 04.03.2021 15:14
by hycmos
This is my right mouse menu:
rightMouse.png

Posted: 04.03.2021 15:40
by uvviewsoft

Posted: 06.03.2021 07:53
by hycmos
cudatext,very good :D