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I've recently returned to SAS Studio (2025.03) and am surprised that certain basic IDE editing functions are still absent. Please adjust or add these capabilities to the SAS Studio editor:

 

  • Make hotkey text selection less greedy
    • Select only to end of line
    • Delimit selection at delimiting characters and mixed case
      • Delimiting characters: 

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  • Make hotkey deletion less greedy
    • Delete only to end of line
    • Delimit deletion at delimiting characters and mixed case
      • Delimiting characters:

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  • Prohibit deletion from extending to macro variables and functions
    • Delimit deletion at % and &
  • Provide for:
    • Deletion of trailing spaces on save
    • Deletion of trailing spaces
    • Deletion of leading spaces
    • Splitting of views in SAS programs
    • Bookmarking of SAS program lines
    • Duplication of SAS program lines
    • Conversion of tabs to spaces and vice versa
    • Persistent column mode without having to maintain pressing of keys