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Does anyone know how to use column mode for editing source code within uVision3 IDE??? I am used to using Jens where I could insert text in a column format defined by the start and stop of the drag of my cursor. I could then right click and insert defined text on all lines simultaneously starting where my cursor orignated to the end of the highlighted segment area in a column format. Can anyone help with this??? I know how to use the Alt key and mouse to highlight text in a column format, but I can find a way to enter text on multiple lines in a column format. This is very annoying.
"goofing around to edit files outside of the system and import them back into the project"
There is no "gofing around" - you just open the files in the normal manner in the editor(s) of your choice. Simples. Facilities are available to make that more convenient, if you wish.
There is also no "import back into the project" - uVision (unlike Eclipse) just references the files directly on the hardware. So it make no difference whatsoever whether edits are made with the internal editor, or an external tool.
"this defeats the purpose of the package in one concept"
True, but that is, in practice, an unachievable goal.
If there were one single editor which did everything that everybody wants in the way that everyone likes - well, we'd all be using it, wouldn't we?!
As it is, we all have our own preferences - so no "integrated" product can ever completely please all of the people all of the.
I mostly use the uVision internal editor, simply for the convenience. Sometimes, CodeWright has a specific feature that makes a specific task so much easier, that it's worth separately running-up CodeWright for it. Sometimes there's a task that's easier in Word!
I've found exactly the same with every IDE that I've ever used - including Embarcadero RAD Studio (Delphi/C++ Builder), MS Visual Studio, and Eclipse. This has nothing specifically to do with uVision.
"editing features that are used by 99% of the software programming community"
As I said, I was not previously aware of any editor that offered the feature you describe - let alone used it!
"convenience is priceless"
But the trouble with making such a "do-everything" tool is that the number of configuration options required to please everyone's taste would be so vast as to be unworkable. I think Eclipse epitomises this!