The selectedText doesn't work with Unicode. I have a very similar thing working fine: I use "select after char -1 of field X".
Slava > -----Original Message----- > From: use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode- > boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Richmond Mathewson > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 2:54 AM > To: How to use LiveCode > Subject: select after the selectedText > > a.k.a. "Richmond's longest-lasting headache" > > imagine this sort of script: > > on mouseUp > set the useUnicode to true > set the unicodeText of the selectedText to numToChar(2340) > select after the selectedText > end mouseUp > > all looks straightforward (nicht?), but 'tis not to be . . . :( > > because select after the selectedText sends the cursor to the START > of the unicodeText! > > let's try: > > on mouseUp > set the useUnicode to true > set the unicodeText of the selectedText to numToChar(2340) > --select after the selectedText > end mouseUp > > this results in exactly the same thing, which suggests select after the > selectedText is "a dead duck" > > of course, some folks suggested I use select after fld "TiddleyPush" when I > raised this issue previously; but that is also no good as it is no use at all for in- > text editing. > > What I need is for the cursor to always remain right after the unicode glyph that > has just been entered. > > . . . drowning over here . . . > > Richmond. > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
