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Frunobulax
Ketchup Master
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 Posted - Nov 01 2007 : 07:31:50 AM
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Hi,
a suggestion and a confusing behaviour (or a possible bug) - 1614, VS2005 with C++:
Sometimes I hit an apostrophe ' instead of a semicolon. (I broke a finger recently, and you wouldn't believe how thick a finger can get if you don't use it for a few months ;-)
In this case, VAX does add another closing apostrophe. OK.
Now, if I immediately hit backspace (noting that I mistyped), the closing apostrophe is not deleted. (Which should be done IMHO - this is the suggestion part.)
Even worse (and this is the bug part :-), if I insert the apostrophe accidentally and then hit the keyboard sequence "cursor right, backspace , backspace" then for some reason the opening apostrophe is still there. I have to hit backspace 3 times to delete both apostrophes.
Yes, I figured out that hitting backspace twice will delete both apostrophes. Which is still confusing, because backspace usually only deletes stuff left of the caret.
Regards, Thomas
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"The nice part about being a pessimist
is that you are constantly being either
proven right or pleasantly surprised."
(George F. Will)
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
18948 Posts |
Posted - Nov 01 2007 : 11:48:37 AM
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Something odd is going on here. using VS2005 and VA 1614 I added the following code to a cpp file:
static void testSingleQuotes()
{
std::string strName;
strName.length()|
}
If I now add a single quote (apostrophe) VA inserts two of them, as expected.
If I press backspace once, and one of them is deleted.
If I press backspace a second time, both of them are deleted.
Can you try the same tests, with the same code please? I am wondering if this is somehow situation specific, or if it is some form of timing issue.
If you press single quote, two are inserted, wait a few seconds, then press backspace what happens? |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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Frunobulax
Ketchup Master
84 Posts |
Posted - Nov 01 2007 : 1:22:38 PM
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Originally posted by feline
If I now add a single quote (apostrophe) VA inserts two of them, as expected.
Correct.
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If I press backspace once, and one of them is deleted.
Also correct. As I suggested, both of them should be deleted if the backspace follows the typing of the apostrophe immediately.
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If I press backspace a second time, both of them are deleted.
Yes, isn't that what I described initially?
It gets weird if you add a "cursor right" before the two backspaces.
This happens also if I wait a few seconds.
Regards, Thomas |
"The nice part about being a pessimist
is that you are constantly being either
proven right or pleasantly surprised."
(George F. Will)
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
18948 Posts |
Posted - Nov 01 2007 : 1:46:24 PM
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*ah* I did not understand, my mistake.
I have put in a feature request for backspace to remove both characters at once, this makes sense when I think about it:
case=9642
Pressing backspace 3 times, I am seeing the same problem:
case=9643 |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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1614: Inserting and deleting apostrophes
