Is it possible to invert the selection?

[bschang]

Hello:

I have a document that has some text selected. Is there a way to deselect all the text that is selected, and conversely select all of the text that had not been selected?

For instance, say I have a procedure selected in a file and I'd like to delete everything in that file other than the selected procedure. What is the best way to do this?

Thank you.

Brian Schang

[chrisant]

Inverting a selection would typically result in two disjoint selections, and that's not supported (as far as I know).

Instead you could write a DeleteEverythingButSelectedText macro which could choose from a variety of approaches for how to accomplish the results.

[hs2]

What about: 'cut > select all > delete > paste' as recorded macro ?
HS2

[Matthew]

You could use File > Write Selection menu command and just save over the original file. Or create a macro that uses the put command.

[bschang]

Hello:

Thanks for the suggestions. I appreciate the input!

Brian Schang