I have done some more tesssting. First, I have to amend a statement I made in the first message of this thread. I said the first time I tried to change the cursor position, I altered it and closed the app via the app switcher, and the new position was saved. I don’t think, in fact, that I closed the switcher.
Here’s what I now believe to be true in all cases. If I open a document and do nothing but change the cursor position and then close the app via the switcher, the new position is not saved. On the other hand, if I open the app and document, change the position, move away from the app by merely pressing “home” and then later re-open Writer, I can change the cursor position and close the app via the switcher, and the new position is saved. All of this is done without making any changes to the text. This makes no sense to me. I am now thinking that my question is largely academic and prompted by little more than curiosity. In the normal course of editing, worrying about moving the cursor without making any textual changes to a document might not have any practical advantage. In other words, maybe I am just pursuing a question whose anser does not really make much of a difference in how the application performs overall. Perhaps I should connect a Bluetooth keyboard and then earnestly start using Writer as an editor without worrying about an academic quibble.. Craig On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 3:01 PM Craig Werner <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you, Keith, for suggesting this tweak in my testing. You raise an > intriguing question: If no textual change is made, is a save necessary? > Duly noted. > > Craig > > > On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 2:29 PM 'Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D.' via VIPhone < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> hi, I understand writer only forces a change after an edit. Perhaps it >> does not consider a change of cursor location and edit. Try doing something >> that changes the number of characters or something else, change your cursor >> location and then see if that new change is saved. >> I am also trying to get writer to work for me. Please let us know if this >> makes a difference for you. >> Thanks, Keith >> >> On Jul 21, 2019, at 12:54 PM, Craig Werner <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thank you, Richard, for your thoughts. When I played with Writer shortly >> after it came out, I never tested the cursor position accuracy. I'm going >> to do some more testing to make sure my findings are reproduceable before I >> contact Winston. I wouldn't want a developer following a false scent. >> I'll be back in a couple of days. >> >> Craig >> >> On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 8:15 AM Richard Turner < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Well, since I have iCloud enabled, and I always leave my cursor at the >>> end of what I am working on, I'm not sure what's happening. >>> Given your explanation, it sounds like an issue; but perhaps writing >>> Winston directly would be helpful? [email protected] >>> >>> I'd be curious to know what you find out. >>> >>> >>> Richard >>> >>> Arthur C. Clarke's third law says: "Any sufficiently advanced technology >>> is indistinguishable from magic." >>> (Sent from the magical iPhone SE) >>> www.turner42.com >>> >>> >>> > On Jul 21, 2019, at 5:09 AM, Craig Werner <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > Hello, everyone. >>> > >>> > I hadn't used Voice Dream Writer for a long time so decided to give it >>> > another try. With no Bluetooth keyboard connected and iCloud not >>> > enabled, I created a one-sentence test document on my iPhone SE >>> > running iOS 12.3.1. After playing around with various controls, I >>> > moved the cursor to a word in the middle of the sentence and confirmed >>> > the cursor's position by a double tap of the button Labeled "Cursor." >>> > The position was correct. I then closed the application via the app >>> > switcher, reopened it, and confirmed the correctness of the saved >>> > position. 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