bug

[Dennis Brown]

It is because of issues like this that I have instituted several  
habits to protect myself from the IDE.

1.  After I create a field or group etc.  I select the can't delete  
option.
2.  After I initially place an object, I select the lock size and  
position option.
3.  Before trying a major edit I save the stack as a "Revert" point
4.  When editing a script I hit "apply" often
5.  When satisfied that I want to keep the changes so far, I do 3 again.

I have also noticed that often when I apply, I get an error message  
that makes no sense to me.  When I hit the Script button, it hilights  
a portion of a comment line (I put in a lot of comments).  After  
scratching my head a few times I try applying again --this time it  
takes it.  WHen I run my script, there are no problems with it.

Dennis

On Jun 4, 2005, at 8:06 PM, Dan Shafer wrote:

> As others have said, you lost the table because it was selected and  
> the select arrow was active when you hit the backspace key.
>
> I've long though Rev needed a preference setting to prevent this  
> sort of accidental deletion, which can be fairly catastrophic. My  
> testing in 2.5.1 on OS X 10.4 with your scenario reveals a couple  
> of things.
>
> First, if the properties inspector is open and selected, pressing  
> the delete key does not have any effect at all. The field, though  
> it is selected, is not deleted. If, OTOH, I select the window in  
> which the field appears and then hit the backspace key, the field  
> is in fact deleted, but -- and this surprised me and contradicts  
> what others have said here -- Undo did not bring the field back to  
> life.
>
> None of the fields is salvaged from an unintentional delete via  
> backspace or delete key by an undo operation, though all other  
> object types from the palette behave exactly as expected (i.e.,  
> undo restores them from accidental deletion).
>
> SO while it seems like there was user error involved here (I don't  
> believe in user error, by the way), this clear bug at least  
> possibly prevented you from recovering cleanly.
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Dan Shafer, Co-Chair
> RevConWest '05
> June 17-18, 2005, Monterey, California
> http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit/RevConWest
>
> On Jun 4, 2005, at 5:28 AM, Jon wrote:
>
>
>> I was editing the custom properties of a table.  I wanted to  
>> delete the most recently entered custom property, so I pressed the  
>> <del> key.  The TABLE was deleted, not the property; and UNDO did  
>> not bring the table back.
>>
>> :(
>>
>> Jon
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