UI powered text manipulation

textmanipui.py

# perform actions on a selected block of text

import editor
import ui

sel = editor.get_selection()
text = editor.get_text()
if sel[0]-sel[1]:
	text = text[sel[0]:sel[1]]

def indent(sender):
	txt=sender.superview['textPreview'].text
	lines = txt.splitlines()
	txt = '\t'+'\n\t'.join(lines)
	sender.superview['textPreview'].text = txt

def reload(sender):
	sender.superview['textPreview'].text = text

def save(sender):
	newtext = sender.superview['textPreview'].text
	editor.replace_text(sel[0],sel[1],newtext)

v = ui.load_view('textmanipui')
v['textPreview'].text = text

v['buttonInd'].action = indent
v['buttonReload'].action = reload

sv = ui.ButtonItem()
sv.title = 'Save'
sv.action = save
v.right_button_items = [sv]

v.present('sheet')