The second part of my post no longer seems odd. Ignore it. But the first part is a puzzler.
Craig Newman -----Original Message----- From: dunbarx <dunb...@aol.com> To: use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> Sent: Fri, Apr 19, 2013 9:22 am Subject: Script editor oddity >From the forum... Yipes. Confirmed here. I never saw this before. I wonder if it happens in Hypercard. Given a field with some text in it and a button with: on mouseUp select after char 3 of fld 1 put "xx" after the selectedChunk end mouseUp If you put a breakpoint in, say, the "select..." line, you will get "put "xx" after the selectedChunkxx" after you step through. Running the script works as advertised. EDIT: In HyperCard, stepping through puts the text in the field, not in the script editor line. Craig Newman -------------------------------------------------------- Well, this may not be a trivial thing. Again, make a field with some text in it, and a button with: on mouseUp select after char 3 of fld 1 get the selectedchunk put "XX" after it do "put XX after" && it end mouseUp Run, (do not step) through,with the following: 1- Comment out the "do" line, and nothing happens. 2- Comment out the "put" line, and the "xx" is inserted correctly in the field. 3- Comment nothing, and an error is thrown, because the variable "it" now contains the chunk reference, but with "XX" appended: char 4 to 3 of field 1XX Now you will debug, the offending line being the "do" line. The code in the script editor has been modified when this sequence runs. The variable "it" has had the "XX" appended to it, just as it did when the earlier code was stepped through (though not when it was run), and the "do" line therefore breaks. How has this not popped up before? Craig Newman _______________________________________________ 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
