[M3devel] formsediit/macmodel problem

[Olaf Wagner]

Quoting Jay <jayk123 at hotmail.com>:

> That's better, thanks!
> I still have little idea what is going on here.
> I can test it out a bit, can't vouch for it via code review,
> at least not yet.
>
> If you have multiple lines, of varying lengths..
> not sure if this is due to word wrap or not,
> and click in empty space past the end of one of the lines
> and type, letters do not appear.

Yes, the end-of-line behaviour is strange.

> If you click at the end of the line ok.
> I think clicking past the end of the line needs to pin the resulting
> cursor location to the end of the line.
>
>  I really don't know this code. :(

I doubt there is somebody around in our community who really does ;-)

> I think it was written by people who had implemented the same
> things multiple times and by this time had all exactly in their head
> just how to factor it perfectly for the right amount of flexibility.
> "Right amount of flexibility" => "harder for newbies to understand.." :(
> I need to read the green book and pay close attn the whole time. :)
>
> I still get a sort of stray looking vertical red line when I first   
> type after clicking.
> But it can be deemed minor (depending on Randy's customer really).
> Probably should focus on the pixmap problem.
> Can I repro it on one machine???
>
> Randy, you might want to try out the "emacs" model, perhaps it is   
> better tested
> and works ok. ?

I doubt that anybody used to working on Windows or Apple would like
to use the Emacs model...

Olaf
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