Listing of the Macro
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## Listing of the Macro

The macro script follows. You can find it in the jEdit distribution in the `Text` subdirectory of the `macros` directory. You can also try it out by invoking Macros>Text>Add Prefix and Suffix.

    // beginning of Add_Prefix_and_Suffix.bsh

    // import statement (see the section called “Import Statements”)
    import javax.swing.border.*;

    // main routine
    void prefixSuffixDialog()
    {
        // create dialog object (see the section called “Create the Dialog”)
        title = “Add prefix and suffix to selected lines”;
        dialog = new JDialog(view, title, false);
        content = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
        content.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(12, 12, 12, 12));
        content.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(320, 160));
        dialog.setContentPane(content);

        // add the text fields (see the section called “
    Create the Text Fields”)
        fieldPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(4, 1, 0, 6));
        prefixField = new HistoryTextField(“macro.add-prefix”);
        prefixLabel = new JLabel(“Prefix to add:”);
        suffixField = new HistoryTextField(“macro.add-suffix”);
        suffixLabel = new JLabel(“Suffix to add:”);
        fieldPanel.add(prefixLabel);
        fieldPanel.add(prefixField);
        fieldPanel.add(suffixLabel);
        fieldPanel.add(suffixField);
        content.add(fieldPanel, “Center”);

        // add a panel containing the buttons (see the section called “
    Create the Buttons”)
        buttonPanel = new JPanel();
        buttonPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(buttonPanel,
            BoxLayout.X_AXIS));
        buttonPanel.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(12, 50, 0, 50));
        buttonPanel.add(Box.createGlue());
        ok = new JButton(“OK”);
        cancel = new JButton(“Cancel”);
        ok.setPreferredSize(cancel.getPreferredSize());
        dialog.getRootPane().setDefaultButton(ok);
        buttonPanel.add(ok);
        buttonPanel.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(6));
        buttonPanel.add(cancel);
        buttonPanel.add(Box.createGlue());
        content.add(buttonPanel, “South”);

        // register this method as an ActionListener for
        // the buttons and text fields (see the section called “Register the Action Listeners”)
        ok.addActionListener(this);
        cancel.addActionListener(this);
        prefixField.addActionListener(this);
        suffixField.addActionListener(this);

        // locate the dialog in the center of the
        // editing pane and make it visible (see the section called “Make the Dialog Visible”)
        dialog.pack();
        dialog.setLocationRelativeTo(view);
        dialog.setDefaultCloseOperation(JDialog.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
        dialog.setVisible(true);

        // this method will be called when a button is clicked
        // or when ENTER is pressed (see the section called “The Action Listener”)
        void actionPerformed(e)
        {
            if(e.getSource() != cancel)
            {
                processText();
            }
            dialog.dispose();
        }

        // this is where the work gets done to insert
        // the prefix and suffix (see the section called “Get the User's Input”)
        void processText()
        {
            prefix = prefixField.getText();
            suffix = suffixField.getText();
            if(prefix.length() == 0 && suffix.length() == 0)
                return;
            prefixField.addCurrentToHistory();
            suffixField.addCurrentToHistory();

            // text manipulation begins here using calls
            // to jEdit methods  (see the section called “Call jEdit Methods to Manipulate Text”)
            buffer.beginCompoundEdit();
            selectedLines = textArea.getSelectedLines();
            for(i = 0; i < selectedLines.length; ++i)
            {
                offsetBOL = textArea.getLineStartOffset(
                    selectedLines[i]);
                textArea.setCaretPosition(offsetBOL);
                textArea.goToStartOfWhiteSpace(false);
                textArea.goToEndOfWhiteSpace(true);
                text = textArea.getSelectedText();
                if(text == null) text = "";
                textArea.setSelectedText(prefix + text + suffix);
            }
            buffer.endCompoundEdit();
        }
    }

    // this single line of code is the script's main routine
    // (see the section called “The Main Routine”)
    prefixSuffixDialog();

    // end of Add_Prefix_and_Suffix.bsh

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