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Argument specification modifies dashes [message #1771098]

Mon, 21 August 2017 21:23

Ken Roser

Messages: 15
Registered: June 2014

Junior Member

Since Oxygen, the dialog box that's used to specify program arguments is converting a dash,dash (--) to a unicode character with the value 9480. This character looks like a long dash.

This is what I type: --
It changes to: --

Is this a bug, or just me not correctly using some new feature?

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Re: Argument specification modifies dashes [message #1771099 is a reply to message #1771098]

Mon, 21 August 2017 21:24

Ken Roser

Messages: 15
Registered: June 2014

Junior Member

This forum did just the opposite of what Eclipse is doing. I entered the unicode character and it mapped it back to two dashes where I said "It changes to:"

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Re: Argument specification modifies dashes [message #1771171 is a reply to message #1771099]

Tue, 22 August 2017 15:41

Jonah Graham

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Registered: June 2014

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Hi Ken,

I can't reproduce this problem. Just to confirm, is the dialog you are referring to the one in the Debug Launch Configuration in the Arguments tab?

Can you provide more details so I can reproduce? What platform are you running on (Windows/Linux/etc), are there are typing tools installed, which language are you typing in?

Thanks.
Jonah

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Re: Argument specification modifies dashes [message #1771184 is a reply to message #1771171]

Tue, 22 August 2017 16:56

Ken Roser

Messages: 15
Registered: June 2014

Junior Member

Jonah,
Yes it is that Arguments tab. I just did some testing and find that it's a problem on the Mac but not on Linux.
The language is English and there are no typing tools installed.
It acts like auto-correct does in Microsoft Word. After I type the two dashes you see them get replaced with that unicode character.

[Updated on: Tue, 22 August 2017 19:41]

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