JCA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 17:50:40 -0800:
> I start typing my text, opening the first line with a tab character, or a > suitable number of spaces. As I keep typing, on reaching the 80th column > my text is wrapped around to the next line automatically. The problem is > that Pan tries to be too clever: instead of starting at the leftmost > column of the next line, it starts right below the first nonblank > character of the first line. > > This is bad enough (I do not understand why it is assumed that > this is the behavior that one wants - doesn't Pan know about indented > paragraphs?) but, even worse, Pan does something to the cursor so that > the first word in the second line is invariably messed up. > > Is there a fix for this in the works? This bug has been present > since at least version 0.14.2; it would be nice it the new Pan were to > quash it soon. You are supposed to use block paragraphs. =8^) Seriously, as you mention, that's problem was in old-pan as well. It doesn't just affect spaces at the beginning of a line, either, but also anything it interprets as a quote character (like >). If anything like that's at the beginning of the line, not only does it think it's a quote and do the same thing to the next line, but as you mention, it does something weird with the order. As best I can tell, it'll skip the first letter and insert it the moment you pause more than whatever fraction of a second it takes to catch up (seems to depend on CPU speed, as it usually happens to me in a couple letters now, dual Opteron 242, where with my old Athlon-C 1.2 GHz, I'd often get in a full word and it would hit at the space). I use block paragraphs and would suggest you do similar, for now. However, it'll still hit you on occasion, when typing smileys or math symbols or something. The frustrating thing is the screwed up letter order afterward. It can really ruin one's rhythm! At least the screwed up letter order usually triggers the spellcheck and I see the word underlined in red, thus catching it. =8^] I'm sure there's a bug on it somewhere. You can look, and then add your comment to it. If you find it (or don't and file an new bug), post the URL here and I'll chime in too. Trouble is, given how long it has been open, I'm wondering if it's due to an artifact in the GTK widget used, and it's a choice between living with that bug and doing without proper quoting or without autowrap. =8^( -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman _______________________________________________ Pan-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users
