Make edit control accept @LF 's

[Deye]

what can be used to make the edit control display @LF 's when i paste text with line breaks with @LF 's in to it  (even temporarily)

the control starts of like so  $idInput = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", $iLeft, 35, 720, 310, BitOR($ES_AUTOVSCROLL, $ES_WANTRETURN, $WS_VSCROLL))

Thanks

Edit: Pain in the neck:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/controls/em-fmtlines

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/controls/edit-controls

Edited October 23, 2019 by Deye

[Zedna]

Try @CRLF instead of @LF, it should work ...

[Deye]

Thanks Zedna

I didn't explain the problem properly

the reason i needed the edit control to display all soft breaks as @CRLF 's is that i needed this for both previewing but also copying from the edit control as a source

with what i have tried, nothing will allow copying from the edit display control like it should

for instance going and pasting it as a source into notepad (yields extra line breaks .. when using @CRLF 's  instead)

after all i don't think it will be possible to convert soft breaks to look like @CRLF in the edit control even if using a EditWordBreakProc ( .. not sure )

Edited October 23, 2019 by Deye

[jchd]

Not sure I get you, but if it's only for denoting LFs visually in the control, you can StringReplace @LF in the string by '¶' & @LF then set the result in the control.

Of course if you want to copy-paste something from there, you'll need to StringReplace '¶' by '' after copying.

[Nine]

@Deye It is not clear with is your issue.  Maybe providing a snippet of your code and the way to replicate the problem your are facing could help us here to help you...

[Deye]

In the end it was just a tricky matter of figuring out where @LF 's go and @CRLF 's
I guess I didn't have much luck with first attempts so i got bewildered looking for other ways which eventually can get harder to accomplish as we know ..

And suddenly voila:
This will convert lines from the clipboard and back to a $var @ also displaying correctly the lines to the edit control and allowing copying from the edit control and pasting the lines as they look to another editor

#include <EditConstants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

$hGUI = GUICreate("Example", 785, 400)
$idOK = GUICtrlCreateButton("OK", 310, 370, 85, 25)
$idInput = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 10, 10, 760, 310, BitOR($ES_AUTOVSCROLL, $ES_WANTRETURN, $WS_VSCROLL))
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hGUI)

While 1
    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            ExitLoop
        Case $idOK
            GUICtrlSetData($idInput, "")
           _GetTextToVar()
    EndSwitch
WEnd

Func _GetTextToVar($sfile= ClipGet())
    If Not ($sfile) Then Return
    Local $str = @CRLF & StringReplace($sfile, "'", "''")
    $str = StringStripCR($str)
    $str = StringRegExpReplace($str, '(.{1,100})', "& '$1' _" & @LF)
    $str = StringRegExpReplace($str, "\_\n{2}\& ", "_" & @CRLF & "& @LF & $1")
    $str = StringStripWS($str, 3)
    $Var = "$Var"
    $str = "Local " & $Var & " = '' _" & @CRLF & StringTrimRight($str, 2)
    $str = StringRegExpReplace($str, "\_\n{3,1000}", " & @LF & @CRLF" & @CRLF & $Var & ' = ')
    $str = StringReplace($str, $Var & " = &", $Var & " &=")
    GUICtrlSetData($idInput, $str)
    ClipPut($str)
EndFunc   ;==>_gefTextVar

Thanks guys 

Edited October 24, 2019 by Deye

[Earthshine]

pretty neat @Deye