On Monday 29 October 2001 8:38 am, Herbert Voss wrote: > testing valid float placement is something cruel, > > [htbp] in any combination and with an additional > ! in front and [H], but any char should appear > only once. > > this test of a valid placement makes only sense > when the user defines this as a string and not > from a gui with buttons. I don't know if I'm right, > but the user hasn't the possibility to set > wrong placements ???? > > Herbert
So, you're assuming that the user knows that [htbp], ! and H are the only valid input. Quite a lot to assume, I feel. Much better to do this with buttons. IFF you disagree with me violently, then why not write a filter that prevents invalid input. See the code in input_validators.C Angus
