I think his problem is that nothing displays while he's typing until
he gets to the second quote.

As Raul said, it's hard to give a good suggestion without knowing more
about the specifics of the installation: OS, etc.

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 2:46 AM, Linda Alvord <[email protected]> wrote:
> Here's what I think is happening:
>
>    '
> |open quote
> |      '
> |      ^
>    '
> |open quote
> |      '
> |      ^
>    '
> |open quote
> |      '
> |      ^
>    ''
> Finally you give it you what you want between the quotes, which is actually
> nothing.
>
>    'cat
> |open quote
> |      'cat
> |      ^
>    ''
>
> This time you give up and give it nothing. So it is happy with nothing.
>
>
> Now put something between the quotes and it is very happy.
>
>  'a happy cat'
> a happy cat
>
> Linda
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Raul Miller
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 1:02 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] quote bug in j602
>
> I think this belongs on the [email protected], since it's not about
> programming and is about details of getting things working.
>
> That said, I do not experience this when I use j602.  And, I do not have
> enough detail about your system and what you have done to suggest much of
> anything useful.
>
> Does this problem happen on multiple machines, for you?
>
> If not, is there any chance that you have an unusual installation of java
> that's mishandling things?  (J602 uses java for its display in typical
> sessions.)
>
> --
> Raul
>
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 12:52 PM, adam dunne <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I've tried re-installing j602. The problem is still there:
>> entering '<stuff>' nothing displayed on screen from first quote until
>> second quote, after which '<stuff>' displayed Tried changing keyboards
>> too. No change.
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