Code Editor Utility Belt

EditorToIX are open-source text utilities available for multiple code editors in form of extension or plugins.

If you find this project useful, please, read the Support this Project on how to contribute.

Availability

Id	Old Name	Code Editor
vsx	VscToIX	Visual Studio Code Cursor AI Google Project IDX open-vsx.org vscode.dev github.dev
linux	XedToIX	Linux Mint Xed Editor Pluma Code Editor Gedit
phoenix	BracketsToIX	Phoenix Code

Available Languages

• English
• Portuguese
• German

Utilities

General	Selection Policy	Code Editor
Extract Text	Document	vsx, phoenix
Header To Bookmark	Document	vsx, phoenix
Mixer	Document	vsx, phoenix
Regnize	Document	vsx, phoenix
Replace Recipes	Document	vsx
Reverse Assignment	Document	vsx, phoenix

Change Case	Selection Policy	Code Editor
Add Space before Uppercase	Word	vsx, phoenix
Camel Case	Word	vsx, phoenix
Capitalize	Word	vsx, phoenix
Cycle Case	Word	vsx, linux, phoenix
Dash Case	Word	vsx, phoenix
Dash To Underscore	Word	vsx, phoenix
LowerCase	Word	phoenix
Underscore To Dash	Word	vsx, phoenix
UpperCase	Word	phoenix

Encoders/Decoders	Selection Policy	Code Editor
Html Decode	Line	phoenix
Html Encode	Line	phoenix
Url Decode	Line	vsx, phoenix
Url Encode	Line	vsx, phoenix

Change Slash	Selection Policy	Code Editor
Double To Single Slash	Line	vsx, phoenix
Single To Double Slash	Line	vsx, phoenix
Unix To Win Slash	Line	vsx, phoenix
Win To Unix Slash	Line	vsx, phoenix

Line	Selection Policy	Code Editor
Break Line At	Document	vsx, phoenix
Indent One Space	Document	vsx, linux, phoenix
Join Lines	Document	vsx, phoenix
Outdent One Space	Document	vsx, linux, phoenix
Remove Duplicated Lines	Document	vsx, linux, phoenix
Remove Empty Lines	Document	vsx, linux, phoenix
Reverse Lines	Document	vsx, linux
Sort Numerically Ascending	Document	vsx, linux, phoenix
Sort Numerically Descending	Document	vsx, linux, phoenix
Split Lines	Document	vsx, phoenix
Trim Trailing	Document	linux, phoenix

Insert	Selection Policy	Code Editor
Insert ISO Date	Document	vsx, phoenix
Insert ISO TimeDate	Document	vsx, phoenix
Insert UUID	Document	vsx, phoenix
Insert Text At End	Document	vsx, phoenix
Insert Text At Start	Document	vsx, phoenix

Change Quote	Selection Policy	Code Editor
Double To Single Quote	Line	phoenix
Single To Double Quote	Line	phoenix
Toggle Quote	Line	phoenix

Spacing	Selection Policy	Code Editor
Tab To Space	Document	phoenix
Space To Tab	Document	phoenix

Project Status

This is a stable project with utilities being available on brackets code editor since 2016, however, since more editors have been supported, there is still work in progress to support the same extensions and policies across all code editors. Linux Mint Xed Editor has the smaller subset of extensions.

Demos - All Editors

• IX: Cycle Case: Add a shortcut and cycle between different case modes in a breeze.

• IX: Indent One Space, IX: Outdent One Space: Insert or remove one space only at the start of every line regardless of indention mode.

Demos - vsx and phoenix Editors

• IX: Extract Text : Copy text patterns from a document to clipboard.

• IX: Insert Text At Start: Insert text with macros at the start of every line.

• IX: Insert Text At End: Insert text with macros at the end of every line.

• IX: Join Lines: Join text with macros.

• IX: Break Line At: Splits each line in order to be no longer than Max number of Chars. The words aren't broken unless it's added / at the end the user input. (e.g. 40/).

Installation - Linux Mint Xed Editor, Pluma Code Editor and Gedit Code Editor

If you have previously installed xedtoix, you should uninstall first:

sudo apt uninstall xedtoix

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:a-bentofreire/editortoix
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install editortoix

If you are updating from Linux Mint Software installer, you might have to activate the plugins on: Menu Edit -> Preferences -> Plugins

If you install Xed, Pluma or Gedit later, you can add or remove the plugins with:

sudo editortoix

Interface - phoenix Editor

EditorToIX adds a top-menu called IX. To prevent from cluttering the menu with all the commands, only a few commands were added to the menu. Use Command mapper to add which ones you prefer, and setup the shortcuts. No default shortcuts were define to prevent collision with other plugins.

Utility Description

Utility	Description	Example
Add Space before Uppercase	Useful to transform functions names into documentation	before: doActionBefore after: do Action Before
Break Line At	Break lines at a certain position	before: Too long line after: too long line
Camel Case		before: ClassNameFunc after: classNameFunc
Capitalize		before: classNameFunc after: ClassNameFunc
Cycle Case	Loops between differet case types	before: _ClassNameFunc after: _classNameFunc -> _CLASS_NAME_FUNC -> _class_name_func -> _class-name-func -> _class name func ->_ClassNameFunc
Dash Case		before: ClassNameFunc after: class-name-func
Dash To Underscore		before: find-deep-first after: find_deep_first
Double To Single Slash		before: find\\\nagain after: find\nagain
Extract Text	Copies to the clipboard the captured group of a regular expression. Each capture is separated by tabs	(\w+) = (\w+)
Header To Bookmark	Converts markdown header text to Html Bookmark	before: Is this the header 你好? after: is-this-the-header-你好
Indent One Space	Adds one space to the beginning of each line
Insert ISO Date		2018-02-08
Insert ISO TimeDate		2018-02-08 10:12:15
Insert Text At End		before: red green after: expr: = \c{1} red = 1 green = 2
Insert Text At Start		before: red green after: expr: const \e{upper} = const RED = red const GREEN = green
Insert UUID		7fff60f8-91e8-40ba-9053-56b0f3a487f0
Join Lines	Joins lines adding the computed expression at the end of every line	before: red green after: expr:(x\c{X0A}), red(x0A),green(x0B)
LowerCase		before:classNameFunc after:classnamefunc
Mixer	Mixes lines of different sections.	before: // section abc cde // end-section // section 123 345 // section after: abc 123 cde 345
Outdent One Space	Removes one space to the beginning of each line
Regnize	Adds slash to regular expression metachars	before: (\w+)[A-Z]a*b+text after: \(\\w\+\)\[A-Z\]a\*b\+text
Remove Duplicated Lines	Removes consecutive duplicated lines	before: first second second after: first second
Remove Empty Lines	Removes empty lines	before: first second after: first second
Replace Recipes	Replaces text from a list of pre-defined recipes
Reverse Assignment	Reverses the terms of assignments or equal/different comparisons	before: x == y[x] + 5 after: y[x] + 5 == x
Reverse Lines	Reverse lines	before: first second third after: third second first
Single To Double Slash		before: find\nagain after: find\\\nagain
Sort Numerically Ascending	For each line uses the first number as sort key	before: 10. red 2. green after: 2. green 10. red
Sort Numerically Descending	For each line uses the first number as sort key	before: 10. red `2.
Space To Tab	Space to Tab only works with leading spaces
Split Lines	Split lines by an expression. Dynamic values aren't supported	before: red,green after: expr: = \c{1} red = 1 green = 2
Tab To Space	Space to Tab only works with leading spaces
Trim Trailing		Removes trailing spaces of each line
Underscore To Dash		before: find_deep_first after: find-deep-first
Unix To Win Slash	Converts slashes to backslashes	before: chocolate/candy after: chocolate\candy
UpperCase		before:classNameFunc after:CLASSNAMEFUNC
Url Decode		before: https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com after: https://github.com
Url Encode		before: https://github.com after: https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com
Win To Unix Slash	Converts backslashes to slashes	before: chocolate\candy after: chocolate/candy
Double To Single Quote		before:find"again after:find'again
Html Decode		before:&lt;h1&gt;Title&lt;/h1&gt after:<h1>Title</h1>
Html Encode		before:<h1>Title</h1> after:&lt;h1&gt;Title&lt;/h1&gt
Single To Double Quote		before:find'again after:find"again
Toggle Quote		before:find"again' after:find'again"

Selection Policies

vsx Editors

Every utility supports multiple cursors and multiple line selections. However, It differs in the way each utility category handles the selections. For every cursor, each line is process individually and the counter is increased per line.

• Line Utilities:
  • If no text is selected then all the document text is used.
  • If part of the line is selected then all the line is used
• Transform Text Utilities:
  • If no text is selected then all the document text is used.
• Insert Text Utilities:
  • If no text is selected then the cursor is the insertion point.
  • If multiple lines are selected then is inserted at start/end of every line.

Phoenix Code

Most of the commands operate on selected text. If no text is selected, a command will use: word - The nearest word (before and after the cursor) sentence - The nearest text until a whitespace or newline line - The text line where the cursor is located. document - All the editor text function - A function determines the text to use. Ex: Quote functions will use all the text between quotes that surrounds the cursor.

Linux Mint Xed Editor

• Document Plugins:
  • If no text is selected then all the document text is used.
  • If part of the line is selected then all the line is used
• Word plugins:
  • If no text is selected then word surrounding cursor is used.

Expressions - vsx

Some of the utilities support expressions An expression is a text supporting the following metachars:

• \n - newline

• \t - tab

• \c{start-value} - counter with optional start value

  • \c 0,1,2,...
  • \c{10} 10,11,12,...
  • \c{x00a} x00a,x00b,x00c,...
  • \c{XF} xF,x10,x11,...

• \e{func} - transforms the selected text (line by line) function list:

  • upper - UpperCase
  • lower - LowerCase
  • length - Selected text length
  • capitalize
  • isodate
  • isotimedate
  • uuid

Replace Recipes - vsx

Replace Recipes must be added manually to the settings.json. This tool is still in beta phase.

Field	Type	Description
name	string	Recipe name
pattern	string	Find Expression (RegExp or String)
replaceWith	string	Replace Text
isRegExp	boolean	if false then pattern is a static string
isExpression	boolean	if false then result doesn't exec the expression engine
ignoreCase	boolean	if true and isRegExp uses ignore case option

ex:

"vsctoix.replaceRecipes": [
    {
      "name": "repl with let",
      "pattern": "\\b(var|const)\\b",
      "replaceWith": "let"
    },
    {
      "name": "Remove starting dash",
      "pattern": "^\\s*-",
      "replaceWith": ""
    },
  ],

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License

MIT License - vsx and phoenix Editors

GPLv2 License - Linux Code Editors

Copyrights

© 2014-2024 Alexandre Bento Freire