Re: Phantom characters

Hello Bill,

It seems to be related to the way Amaya manages the colors in the source 
view.  To do this, Amaya adds some infos in the source tree to display 
the elements, the attributes and the content with different colors, but 
that seems to add some extra 'level' in the tree structure.
There is an option 'Color source code' in the Preferences > Colors panel 
that is checked by default, if you uncheck it, this problem disappears.

Regards,
Laurent Carcone


Bill Braun wrote:
> Amaya 11.3.1
> XP, SP3, all latest patches applied
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> In a previous post I described erratic behavior when copy/paste is 
> followed by using the delete key. This may be related. This is 
> difficult to describe; if clarification is needed please so say.
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> I am using the "^" character to try to show where the cursor is located.
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> I typically experience this in code that I go back to (that is, it was 
> created, saved, and now the document has been reopened for editing). 
> In descriptive terms, it seems as if there are hidden characters in 
> the code that catch the cursor when it is moved left or right along a 
> string of code, but cannot be removed, selectively, with a destructive 
> backspace, or with the delete key.
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> Example code:
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> <p class="spage">Blah blah blah.</p>
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> Place the cursor at the end of the line: <p class="spage">Blah blah 
> blah.</p>^
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> Using the left arrow key, move the cursor.
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> One press of the left arrow key: <p class="spage">Blah blah blah.</p^>
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> Next press of the left arrow key: <p class="spage">Blah blah blah.</^p>
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> Next press of the left arrow key: <p class="spage">Blah blah blah.<^/p>
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> Next press of the left arrow key: <p class="spage">Blah blah blah.^</p>
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> Now at this point I would expect the next press of the left arrow key 
> to position the cursor to the left of the period character. Instead, 
> the cursor moves imperceptibly and remains to the right of the period. 
> This is illustrated by leaving the caret where it was and adding a 
> second caret: <p class="spage">Blah blah blah.^^</p>.
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> Next press of the left arrow key: <p class="spage">Blah blah blah^.</p>
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> I am wondering if there is some artifact that finds its way into the 
> code that is causing this behavior, and may be related to copy and 
> paste, and may explain why using the delete key after copy and paste 
> produces the behavior it does (though it is inconsistent).
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> Hope this is helpful.
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> Bill Braun
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Received on Friday, 9 April 2010 12:17:46 UTC