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
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**:<br>red,green<br><br>**after**:<br>expr: = \c{1}<br>red = 1<br>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<br>**after**: find-deep-first| | Unix To Win Slash | Converts slashes to backslashes | **before**: chocolate/candy<br>**after**: chocolate\candy| | UpperCase | | **before**:classNameFunc<br>**after**:CLASSNAMEFUNC| | Url Decode | | **before**: https%3A%2f%2fgithub.com<br>**after**: https://github.com| | Url Encode | | **before**: https://github.com<br>**after**: https%3A%2f%2fgithub.com| | Win To Unix Slash | Converts backslashes to slashes | **before**: chocolate\candy<br>**after**: chocolate/candy| | Double To Single Quote | |**before**:find"again<br>**after**:find'again| | Html Decode ||**before**:<h1>Title</h1&gt<br>**after**:

Title

| | Html Encode ||**before**:

Title

<br>**after**:<h1>Title</h1&gt| | Single To Double Quote | |**before**:find'again<br>**after**:find"again| | Toggle Quote | | **before**:find"again'<br>**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