FormattedText

[J. Landman Gay]

DunbarX at aol.com wrote:
> There is a thread in the forums about the fact that if one types into a 
> fld, but never types a space, the text will not wrap, irrespective of the 
> dontWrap property.
> 
> So even if dontWrap is false, at least one   space is required IN EACH LINE 
> that one types in order for Rev to wrap the screen lines. This anomaly 
> seems to have been understood for a while. It is not an issue in HC.
> 
> My question is this: the formattedText property is touted as being a way to 
> "fix" this. But I cannot make it work.

Formattedtext relies on correct wrap behavior. If there aren't any 
spaces in the line, it won't wrap (as you noticed) so there isn't 
anything for formattedtext to work with. Formattedtext just puts hard 
carriage returns where the wrap would normally occur.

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