/**
 * Shows how many lines, characters are currently selected
 * BeanShell macro for jEdit
 *
 * version: 1.0 released: 02/02/2007
 *
 * by Stickman -- http://the-stickman.com
 */

// Get an array of selections
selection_list = textArea.getSelection();

// Is anything selected?
if ( selection_list.length > 0 )
{
	total_lines = 0;
	// For each selection
	for( i=0; i < selection_list.length; i++ )
	{
		selection = selection_list[ i ];
		total_lines += ( selection.getEndLine() - selection.getStartLine() ) + 1;
	}
	// How many total_lines?
	output = new StringBuffer();
	output.append( total_lines.toString() );
	output.append( " line" );
	// Plural?
	output.append( ( total_lines > 1 ) ? "s" : "" );

    output.append( ", " );

	// How many characters?
	selection_length = textArea.getSelectedText("").length();
    output.append( selection_length.toString() );
	output.append( " character" );
	// Plural?
	output.append( ( selection_length > 1 ) ? "s" : "" );
	output.append( " selected" );

	// Multiple selections
	if( selection_list.length > 1 )
	{
		output.append( " (in " );
		output.append( selection_list.length );
		output.append( " selections)" );
	}
	
	// Result
	message = output.toString();
} else {
	// No selections
	message = "Nothing selected";
}

// Show result in status bar
statusBar = view.getStatus();
statusBar.setMessageAndClear( message );