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Newbie question -character placement in editor [message #49347]

Sun, 10 November 2002 20:17

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: alan.battersby.ntlworld.com

I am using eclipse with c++ for the first time. I find that when typing in
the editor that as characters are placed the cursor does not move so that
characters appear to be placed after the cursor. Is this a settings
problem as both the php and java plug-ins work as one would expect?
How can I change this I cannot find anything in
window>preferences>c++editor.

I am working on windows 2000.

Re: Newbie question -character placement in editor [message #49378 is a reply to message #49347]

Sun, 10 November 2002 20:25

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: alan.battersby.ntlworld.com

Partially answering my own question - the problem occurred in a file cut
and pasted from another project and this itself was a cut & paste of the
hello example in the FAQ. Everything worked ok again when I created a new
file.

alan wrote:

> I am using eclipse with c++ for the first time. I find that when typing in
> the editor that as characters are placed the cursor does not move so that
> characters appear to be placed after the cursor. Is this a settings
> problem as both the php and java plug-ins work as one would expect?
> How can I change this I cannot find anything in
> window>preferences>c++editor.

> I am working on windows 2000.

Re: Newbie question -character placement in editor [message #49627 is a reply to message #49378]

Tue, 12 November 2002 12:38

Eclipse User

Hi Alan,

Which version of Eclipse are you using and which version of the CDT?

Thanks

-Judy

"Alan " <alan.battersby@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:aqn0tj$sgv$1@rogue.oti.com...
| Partially answering my own question - the problem occurred in a file cut
| and pasted from another project and this itself was a cut & paste of the
| hello example in the FAQ. Everything worked ok again when I created a new
| file.
|
|
| alan wrote:
|
| > I am using eclipse with c++ for the first time. I find that when typing
in
| > the editor that as characters are placed the cursor does not move so
that
| > characters appear to be placed after the cursor. Is this a settings
| > problem as both the php and java plug-ins work as one would expect?
| > How can I change this I cannot find anything in
| > window>preferences>c++editor.
|
| > I am working on windows 2000.
|
|
|
|

Re: Newbie question -character placement in editor [message #49831 is a reply to message #49347]

Wed, 13 November 2002 05:25

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: okoltermann.gmx.de

alan.battersby@ntlworld.com (alan) writes:

> I am using eclipse with c++ for the first time. I find that when typing in
> the editor that as characters are placed the cursor does not move so that
> characters appear to be placed after the cursor. Is this a settings
> problem as both the php and java plug-ins work as one would expect?
> How can I change this I cannot find anything in
> window>preferences>c++editor.
>
> I am working on windows 2000.

I had the same problem two weeks ago. It was reproducable with both
existing and new files in the c-editor. No way of working in
Eclipse. So I switched to vSlick until I read your posting... tested
again and... now everything works fine again :).

I can give no information about the cause or situation, but it seems
to be a rare bug. I am using Eclipse 1.0 (build 0.137) as part of the
QNX Momentics package.

~~OK~~

Re: Newbie question -character placement in editor [message #49861 is a reply to message #49831]

Wed, 13 November 2002 06:27

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: okoltermann.gmx.de

Oliver Koltermann <okoltermann@gmx.de> writes:
> I had the same problem two weeks ago. It was reproducable with both
> existing and new files in the c-editor. No way of working in
> Eclipse. So I switched to vSlick until I read your posting... tested
> again and... now everything works fine again :).
>
> I can give no information about the cause or situation, but it seems
> to be a rare bug. I am using Eclipse 1.0 (build 0.137) as part of the
> QNX Momentics package.
>
> ~~OK~~

Update:

I just found out that the problem occurred in Eclipse 2.0 build
200209201351 and is still there! If I say
File->New->Other->Simple->File to add a new .c-File to any project, I
get the following after typing asdf();<enter>asdf();<enter>:

asdf();

;)(fdsa

When playing around with my asdf test pattern in existing files there
are three cases. In some positions i get asdf, in other positions fdsa
and in again other cases it shows afds. The 'a' stands on the left and
new entried characters appear after it, moving the existing ones to
the right!

Another observation: Characters entered in "right to left" mode do not
set the file status to "changed". Also there is no "undo" for
them. This may be of help in finding the bug.

Btw: Switching the insertion mode in errorneous mode causes the cursor
to stay in it's position. The character right of it is overwritten by
new entered ones.

bye,
~~OK~~

Re: Newbie question -character placement in editor [message #49891 is a reply to message #49861]

Wed, 13 November 2002 12:46

Eclipse User

See the news thread titled "Source C editor behavior"

There are problems That require that you use the version of Eclipse noted on
the download page.
Current versions of the CDT ONLY work with Eclipse 2.0.1

Please see the previous posting.

Thanks

-Judy

"Oliver Koltermann" <okoltermann@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:u4rallnfc.fsf@gmx.de...
| Oliver Koltermann <okoltermann@gmx.de> writes:
| > I had the same problem two weeks ago. It was reproducable with both
| > existing and new files in the c-editor. No way of working in
| > Eclipse. So I switched to vSlick until I read your posting... tested
| > again and... now everything works fine again :).
| >
| > I can give no information about the cause or situation, but it seems
| > to be a rare bug. I am using Eclipse 1.0 (build 0.137) as part of the
| > QNX Momentics package.
| >
| > ~~OK~~
|
| Update:
|
| I just found out that the problem occurred in Eclipse 2.0 build
| 200209201351 and is still there! If I say
| File->New->Other->Simple->File to add a new .c-File to any project, I
| get the following after typing asdf();<enter>asdf();<enter>:
|
| asdf();
|
| ;)(fdsa
|
| When playing around with my asdf test pattern in existing files there
| are three cases. In some positions i get asdf, in other positions fdsa
| and in again other cases it shows afds. The 'a' stands on the left and
| new entried characters appear after it, moving the existing ones to
| the right!
|
| Another observation: Characters entered in "right to left" mode do not
| set the file status to "changed". Also there is no "undo" for
| them. This may be of help in finding the bug.
|
| Btw: Switching the insertion mode in errorneous mode causes the cursor
| to stay in it's position. The character right of it is overwritten by
| new entered ones.
|
| bye,
| ~~OK~~

Re: Newbie question -character placement in editor [message #50071 is a reply to message #49891]

Thu, 14 November 2002 05:56

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: okoltermann.gmx.de

"Judy N. Green" <jgreen@qnx.com> writes:

> See the news thread titled "Source C editor behavior"
>
> There are problems That require that you use the version of Eclipse noted on
> the download page.
> Current versions of the CDT ONLY work with Eclipse 2.0.1
>
> Please see the previous posting.
>
> Thanks
>
> -Judy

Thank you for the reference. It wasn't in our local news cache so this
"Newbie question" was the first occurence I found on this topic.

With help of this information I'm looking forward in not typing
backwards :)

Bye,
~~OK~~

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