For modes which do not support it, this action should spit out an informative message either as a dialog or to the activity log, instead of just doing nothing.
Yes. In an XML file, select a bunch of lines, and invoke "indent lines". Nothing happens.
If this is because XXX is not defined in the XML edit mode, there should be a message in the statusbar indicating that we need XXX to be defined in XML edit mode for this action to work.
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if I knew what XXX meant, I would fill it in too. But basically, I think there should be an informative message that explains why this action doesn't work on some modes.
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summary: "indent [selected] lines" doesn't. --> "indent [selected] lines" for unsupported modes does nothing
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--- old+++ new@@ -1 +1 @@-I have no idea what this action does, and only a vague idea of what it is supposed to do, but even so, it doesn't seem to work.+For modes which do not support it, this action should spit out an informative message either as a dialog or to the activity log, instead of just doing nothing.
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What action ? You mean indent lines in the edit menu ?
Yes. In an XML file, select a bunch of lines, and invoke "indent lines". Nothing happens.
If this is because XXX is not defined in the XML edit mode, there should be a message in the statusbar indicating that we need XXX to be defined in XML edit mode for this action to work.
I don't know what XXX means, but for an xml it is normal that it doesn't work, jEdit cannot indent xml files.
if I knew what XXX meant, I would fill it in too. But basically, I think there should be an informative message that explains why this action doesn't work on some modes.
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