Implement SpawnMultiCursorSelect (#1046)

Add function to actions.go which adds a new cursor to the beginning of each line of a selection. Bind to Ctrl-M by default.

cmd/micro/actions.go

@@ -2144,6 +2144,54 @@ func (v *View) SpawnMultiCursor(usePlugin bool) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// SpawnMultiCursorSelect adds a cursor at the beginning of each line of a selection
+func (v *View) SpawnMultiCursorSelect(usePlugin bool) bool {
+	if v.Cursor == &v.Buf.Cursor {
+		if usePlugin && !PreActionCall("SpawnMultiCursorSelect", v) {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		// Avoid cases where multiple cursors already exist, that would create problems
+		if len(v.Buf.cursors) > 1 {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		var startLine int
+		var endLine int
+
+		a, b := v.Cursor.CurSelection[0].Y, v.Cursor.CurSelection[1].Y
+		if a > b {
+			startLine, endLine = b, a
+		} else {
+			startLine, endLine = a, b
+		}
+
+		if v.Cursor.HasSelection() {
+			v.Cursor.ResetSelection()
+			v.Cursor.GotoLoc(Loc{0, startLine})
+
+			for i := startLine; i <= endLine; i++ {
+				c := &Cursor{
+					buf: v.Buf,
+				}
+				c.GotoLoc(Loc{0, i})
+				v.Buf.cursors = append(v.Buf.cursors, c)
+			}
+			v.Buf.MergeCursors()
+			v.Buf.UpdateCursors()
+		} else {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		if usePlugin {
+			PostActionCall("SpawnMultiCursorSelect", v)
+		}
+
+		messenger.Message("Added cursors from selection")
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // MouseMultiCursor is a mouse action which puts a new cursor at the mouse position
 func (v *View) MouseMultiCursor(usePlugin bool, e *tcell.EventMouse) bool {
 	if v.Cursor == &v.Buf.Cursor {

cmd/micro/bindings.go

@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ var bindingActions = map[string]func(*View, bool) bool{
 	"ScrollUp":              (*View).ScrollUpAction,
 	"ScrollDown":            (*View).ScrollDownAction,
 	"SpawnMultiCursor":      (*View).SpawnMultiCursor,
+	"SpawnMultiCursorSelect":(*View).SpawnMultiCursorSelect,
 	"RemoveMultiCursor":     (*View).RemoveMultiCursor,
 	"RemoveAllMultiCursors": (*View).RemoveAllMultiCursors,
 	"SkipMultiCursor":       (*View).SkipMultiCursor,
@@ -600,6 +601,7 @@ func DefaultBindings() map[string]string {
 		"Ctrl-MouseLeft": "MouseMultiCursor",
 
 		"Alt-n": "SpawnMultiCursor",
+		"CtrlM": "SpawnMultiCursorSelect",
 		"Alt-p": "RemoveMultiCursor",
 		"Alt-c": "RemoveAllMultiCursors",
 		"Alt-x": "SkipMultiCursor",

runtime/help/keybindings.md

@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ MouseWheelRight
 
     // Multiple cursors bindings
     "Alt-n": "SpawnMultiCursor",
+    "CtrlM": "SpawnMultiCursorSelect",
     "Alt-p": "RemoveMultiCursor",
     "Alt-c": "RemoveAllMultiCursors",
     "Alt-x": "SkipMultiCursor",