Auto-mark: highlights only words visible on screen about geany-plugins HOT 7 OPEN

Plugin uses delayed algorithm to save resources for huge documents and updates marks while you scrolling. Recently is had a little delay (150 ms). This commit 0801a3c should fix this issue, possibly you are using outdated version of plugin (depending on distribution).

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I have an actual version installed/compiled and noticed the following:

This works well ✅:

• click on a word once
• scroll with the mouse wheel
• new occurrences of the word coming into the visible area are properly marked

This things do not seem to work ❌:
Issue 1:

• click on a word once
• scroll up or down using page up/page down keys
• new occurrences of the word coming into the visible area NOT marked

Issue 2:

• double click on a word (so it is being selected)
• scroll with the mouse wheel
• new occurrences of the word coming into the visible area NOT marked

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I just found out that Issue 2 is the intended/implemented behaviour. See automark/src/automark.c, lines 116-118:

/* Do not highlight while selecting text and allow other markers to work */
if (sci_has_selection(sci))
	return FALSE;

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scroll up or down using page up/page down keys

This is the reason - while using PdUp/PgDn for scrolling, you move cursor, loosing current word selection. I have no idea how to fix that without breaking other things.

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This is the reason - while using PdUp/PgDn for scrolling, you move cursor, loosing current word selection. I have no idea how to fix that without breaking other things.

ohhh...of course 😊
So Issue 2 is the only one I can re-produce.

@stosunek: do you encounter the problem if you only move the cursor on a word or click once on it, or do you encounter the problem if you double-click on a word (and so select it)?

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Issue 2 actually workaround for another Geany plugin (addons) which provides similar functionality for word highlighting (double-click). Probably there were another issues I don't remember.

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Except Issue 2 which is not an issue but works as designed I could not find any problems. Should this be closed?

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