// If you select some text before running the script, this line will be overwritten. if ( view.hasSelection() ) { document.removeText( 0, 0, 0, document.lineLength(0) ); document.insertText( 0, 0, "// initial selection: " + view.selectionStartLine + "," + view.selectionStartColumn + " - " + view.selectionEndLine + "," + view.selectionEndColumn ); } // test selection interface view.selectAll(); view.setSelection( 0, 0, 0, 20 ); view.clearSelection(); // insert some text and select that var line = document.lines(); document.insertLine( line, "foo" ); document.insertText( line, 0, "// This is a new line" ); view.setSelection( line, 0, line, document.lineLength(line) ); // Delete that text view.removeSelectedText(); // insert some text and select that var line = document.lines(); document.insertLine( line, "bar" ); document.insertText( line, 0, "// This is a new line" ); view.setSelection( line, 0, line, document.lineLength(line) ); document.insertText( line, document.lineLength( line ), " Selection is " + view.selectionStartLine + "," + view.selectionStartColumn + " - " + view.selectionEndLine + "," + view.selectionEndColumn );