Copy/Move list items between List methods

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#1 : 15/03-24 15:09
James E McBride
James E McBride
Posts: 17
Hello!
Thank you again for such an awesome program!
Is there an easy way for me to copy/move list items between List methods? If there is not, would that be something that you would consider adding?

Thanks for your help!
--Jim


15/03-24 15:09
#2 : 15/03-24 16:13
Styb
Styb
Posts: 101
Reply to #1:
Right-click on method title bar for the options, see the following picture:

https://i.postimg.cc/TwCCXH8V/IMG008.png


15/03-24 16:13
#3 : 15/03-24 17:14
James E McBride
James E McBride
Posts: 17
Reply to #2:
After posting my original question here, I realized that I did a VERY poor job of explaining....here is a better explanation.
One of the Methods that I have is a 'List Replace' method and it has a bunch of lines in it of things to be replaced by other things.

(I dont know how to get pictures in here, so that is why I am not using any!)

What I want to be able to do is to create another 'List Replace' method and be able to copy or move line items between the 2 list methods.

I am sorry about the initial confusion here :(


15/03-24 17:14
#4 : 15/03-24 23:42
Delta Foxtrot
Delta Foxtrot
Posts: 285
Reply to #3:

Reply to #3:

Hi James,

Right now, as I'm sure you know, "duplicate" on the right-click menu doesn't <actually> duplicate the list method. I've often daydreamed about how I would change the list-replace method to improve it, but that doesn't help right now.

I don't know your level of proficiency...

**** WARNNG: Nothing here is intended as a recommendation; only for educational purposes!

...but I have directly edited the .aren files in the past (which is the only way I know of to search a long method list). You can open the .aren file in any text editor, and it's no problem to directly copy/paste methods. The file structure is pretty self-evident, and (again, not a recommendation!) the method numbers don't seem to be critical.

Each method is listed on its own line, so it's not a problem to copy a method. Even though Aren seems to eat any change I throw at it in tests, I still am careful to keep the method number at the start of the line consecutive and incremental, and not mess with any punctuation within the lines.

Kind of like editing a Windows registry value. Don't screw it up! :)

Best,
DF


15/03-24 23:42
#5 : 16/03-24 01:28
James E McBride
James E McBride
Posts: 17
Reply to #4:
Thanks, DF!! I was actually thinking of doing that :) I figured that the .aren files are likely text files, but I havent opened one up yet. I will take a look at them and see how hard this would be....and I really doubt it is gonna be too hard.

Thanks again for the suggestion!

--Jim


16/03-24 01:28
#6 : 16/03-24 02:04
Delta Foxtrot
Delta Foxtrot
Posts: 285
Reply to #5:

No, it's not hard if you're careful. And almost a must if you have method lists that top 100 methods. I insert blank lines while working to make the patterns clearer (don't forget to take 'em out again, even though Aren doesn't *seem* to care). :)

Cheers,
DF


16/03-24 02:04