File: cursordiff.py

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# This file is part of the Frescobaldi project, http://www.frescobaldi.org/
#
# Copyright (c) 2008 - 2014 by Wilbert Berendsen
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"""
Replaces selected text of a QTextCursor without erasing all the other
QTextCursor instances that exist in the selected range.

This is done by making a diff between the existing selection and the replacing
text, and applying that diff.
"""


import difflib

import cursortools


def insert_text(cursor, text):
    """Replaces selected text of a QTextCursor.
    
    This is done without erasing all the other QTextCursor instances that could
    exist in the selected range. It works by making a diff between the
    existing selection and the replacement text, and applying that diff.
    
    """
    if not cursor.hasSelection() or text == "":
        cursor.insertText(text)
        return
    
    start = cursor.selectionStart()
    new_pos = start + len(text)
    
    old = cursor.selection().toPlainText()
    diff = difflib.SequenceMatcher(None, old, text).get_opcodes()
    
    # make a list of edits
    edits = sorted(
        ((start + i1, start + i2, text[j1:j2])
         for tag, i1, i2, j1, j2 in diff
         if tag != 'equal'),
        reverse = True)
    
    # perform the edits
    with cursortools.compress_undo(cursor):
        for pos, end, text in edits:
            cursor.setPosition(pos)
            cursor.setPosition(end, cursor.KeepAnchor)
            cursor.insertText(text)
    cursor.setPosition(new_pos)