select after the selectedText

Slava Paperno slava at lexiconbridge.com
Wed Jul 6 03:10:46 EDT 2011


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-bounces at lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-livecode-
> bounces at 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.
> 
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