I get this sometimes when my CPU is near 100% and I hit any control character. I find myself hitting CTRL-Z to undo a change. Then hitting it again to undo the little box that got inserted instead. Then hitting it again to undo what I wanted to undo in the first place.
cc Ian Zabel wrote: > Since this bug is still happening in 629, and I don't know if you've fixed > it 630 or not, I thought I'd do a little bit more research today since it's > been happening to me quite a bit. > > The last time I got the character, I decided to save the file and open it > up in a hex editor. Turns out the character it's putting in is a SYN > character. (Hex: 16, Dec: 22) This is also known as ^V in some character > sets, which is interesting, because I most commonly see this character pop > up after hitting CTRL-V. > > No idea what the SYN character is used for in java, but it sounds like it's > sent in place of data to keep "systems" synchronized. > > Here's the defitinition of it, according to > http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/fs-1037/dir-035/_5243.htm : > synchronous idle character (SYN): A transmission control character used in > synchronous transmission systems to provide a signal from which synchronism > or synchronous correction may be achieved between data terminal equipment, > particularly when no other character is being transmitted. > > Any JetBrains guys know why this character would ever end up in IDEA? > > Ian. _______________________________________________ Eap-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.jetbrains.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-bugs
