On 25 Apr 2017, at 7:06 pm, Matic Kukovec <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 25 Apr 2017, at 6:16 pm, Matic Kukovec <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On 25 Apr 2017, at 5:08 pm, Matic Kukovec <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi guys, > > > > > > > > > > I just noticed that when adding strings that contain null > > characters ('\0') using the setText method, > > > > > QScintilla cuts off the string at the first null character it > > finds. To be sure I opened the same text saved > > > > > to a file with Notepad++ and SciTE and there the null characters > > appear. > > > > > > > > > > Is this a bug or should strings with null characters be handled > > differently? > > > > > I used this example to for testing: > > > > > qscieditor.setText("Test\nText\nIn\n\0An\nQscintilla\nEditor") > > > > > > > > Is that C++ or Python? > > > > > > > > setText() uses the low-level Scintilla SCI_SETTEXT which accepts a > > '\0' string, ie. you will get the same result if you used Scintilla. > > > > > > > > Phil > > > > > > Hi Phil, > > > > > > I'm using Python3 and before I tried setText and now I tried as you > > suggested: > > > qscieditor.SendScintilla(SCI_SETTEXT, > > bytes("Test\nText\nIn\n\0An\nQscintilla\nEditor", encoding="ascii")) > > > and I get the same result. > > > I looked into the C++ setText method and it uses this line: > > > SendScintilla(SCI_SETTEXT, ScintillaBytesConstData(textAsBytes(text))); > > > Is there maybe an error in how the ScintillaBytesConstData or > > textAsBytes convert the text? > > > I'm only guessing here. > > > > You misunderstand. I was saying that the behaviour you see is the way > > Scintilla works. > > > > Phil > > Are you sure? > Then how do SciTE and Notepad++ do this without cutting off at the first '\0' > character as they also use Scintilla?
You'd have to look at the SciTE source code. Maybe... http://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html#BackgroundLoadSave Phil _______________________________________________ QScintilla mailing list [email protected] https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/mailman/listinfo/qscintilla
