On Thu, 2002-05-30 at 00:58, Patrick Lam wrote:
> I found this mysteriously commented code in fl_SectionLayout:
>
> @@ -1579,11 +1605,11 @@
> m_pLayout->removeSection(this);
> pPrevSL->format();
>
> -// FV_View* pView = m_pLayout->getView();
> -// if (pView)
> -// {
> -// pView->_setPoint(pcrx->getPosition());
> -// }
> + FV_View* pView = m_pLayout->getView();
> + if (pView)
> + {
> + pView->_setPoint(pcrx->getPosition());
> + }
>
> The key to fixing this bug was enabling this code; anyone have any
> idea why it was commented?
Well, I don't know why, but it was commented out on March 12-13, 2001 by
Martin, and before that, it was written by Eric in 1999.
A brief search of the mail archives points to this:
http://www.abisource.com/mailinglists/abiword-dev/01/March/0676.html
You'd have to ask Martin for more info than that.
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