[Done] PB6.11 LTS : IDE's "Remove Comments" acts funny...

[Blue]

system : Windows 11 X64
PB : 6.11 LTS

Could a forum moderator move this topic to Bugs - IDE ?
My mistake - I didn’t see the specific section since I keep thinking of the IDE as “the Editor”…

In the PB Editor, when...
1. the cursor is at the begining of a line
2. and you "Uncomment" the line
the line stays commented AND the cursor jumps to the end of the previous line.
If the cursor is at any other position in the line, everything works as expected : the line gets uncommented and the cursor stays put.

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; --------------
; comment/uncomment any of the following lines to verify this unexpected behaviour

;:: constantes gadgets   
  Enumeration
    #zChoisir_CMD
    #zExplorer_CMD
; 
;     #zRemplacerPar_LABEL
;     #zRemplacerPar_STR
;     #zRemplacerPar_COUNT
;     #zRemplacerPar_CLEAR
  EndEnumeration

A short (and NOT very good ) video showing this misbehaviour in action.
https://imgur.com/0S3EcIw
Wherever you see the cursor jumping to the end of the line above, is when the Uncomment combination was pressed, but the line was not uncommented. Notice as well that pressing this KB combination on a line without any comment produces the same effect.

[PBJim]

Yes, you're referring to the function Shift-Ctrl/B, I think. I'm using PB 6.00 LTS and it's been like that since I started using PB. The cursor must first be moved away from the first character position. I've always regarded it as a quirk.

[Mindphazer]

Confirmed
Same behaviour on MacOS (PB 6.11, i haven't tested on a previous PB version)

[Blue]

[...] I've always regarded it as a quirk.

Quirk.
That's the word i was looking for.
Thank you, PBJim.

[PBJim]

[...] I've always regarded it as a quirk.

Quirk.
That's the word i was looking for.
Thank you, PBJim.

Glad to provide a descriptive word for it The IDE, which is really what this relates to, does have a few quirky aspects, although I think it's very dependable. The other oddity that I live with but moan about often, is that when you're searching with F3 and the next occurrence of the search item happens to be in the same screen at which you're already positioned, it insists on re-positioning again with that next line on row 4, so you lose your continuity in terms of where you are in relation to the previous occurrence.

[Blue]

@PBJim :
Right on ! So far, 2/2 for you.

I find the repositioning of text in the IDE (another term that keeps escaping me…) after a search request almost as frustrating as its jumping onto the current occurrence of a word or expression rather than onto the next one as the label on the [Find Next] button would lead you to believe…

However, as you point out, we do forgive a lot of the IDE annoyances because it is a clever and solid piece of software that allows us to experiment a lot without actually setting the machine on fire.

[BarryG]

Can't confirm any issues here? Any line commented and uncommented works as expected, with syntax coloring applied when uncommented.

[Blue]

Can't confirm any issues here?

… and this occurs with the cursor positioned at the very beginning of a commented line (column 1) ?
Surprising… because I have verified that this occurs no matter where a comment appears on line. In fact, I just checked that it even occurs when you press Ctrl +Shift+B on a line without any comment whatsoever.

[BarryG]

this occurs with the cursor positioned at the very beginning of a commented line (column 1) ?

Correct. Here's a video of it, from column 1, with manual add/remove of ";" and with Ctrl+B and Shift+Ctrl+B -> https://i.imgur.com/3MJhq9E.mp4

I get this same expected behaviour on Windows 11 as well. Have you tried it with a clean install of PureBasic?

[Blue]

@BarryG :
Very convincing video : I think you tried every possibility, and, indeed, everything behaves normally. Very strange…

My install of PB 6.11 LTS is a clean install… except for the preferences file.
There’s too much custom information for me to want to rebuild it from scratch.
So, maybe it’s NOT such a clean install after all.

I’ll give that a try tomorrow (virgin PB install) and see what, if anything, improves.
Thanks for your very thorough testing, BarryG.

[BarryG]

My install of PB 6.11 LTS is a clean install… except for the preferences file

Yeah you have to remove the Prefs file too for it to be a clean install.

[Blue]

Yeah you have to remove the Prefs file too for it to be a clean install.

All right : i did as BarryG suggested (virgin install with prexisting conditions erased, cleared, zapped, destroyed, annihilated, kaputed, etc) (You get the idea, I'm sure)... and NO CHANGE :
Ctrl + Shift + B still does its funny thing when the text cursor is in column one : the cursor jumps to the end of the line above, without affecting the current line at all.

So, I do not understand why on BarryG's machine the IDE appears to behave normally, while on mine (and on others — see above) it behaves in an unexpected way. I could make a video to show you, but I don't have BarryG's patience, energy and dedication.

For good measure, I even restarted Windows. No dice...

[BarryG]

I do not understand why on BarryG's machine the IDE appears to behave normally

I tried on WIn 10 and Win 11 (two machines, desktop and laptop). Same result.

The cursor must first be moved away from the first character position. I've always regarded it as a quirk.

I've never had to move the cursor off the start of a line when un/commenting in over 20 years of using PureBasic, so I've never experienced this quirk. First time I've heard of it. Very strange that it's happening for others. Would love to see a video of it.

[#NULL]

Happens here on linux too. Has been so since a long time i think. BarryG, could it be you are using a different scintilla component, like it was discussed in a different thread?

Usually after 'Remove Comment' the line is selected, but in the faulty case the newline/linebreak before it seems to be selected. I tried with different settings for linebreak and file format but that didn't seem to make any difference.

[BarryG]

Just using a default PB 6.11 install with whatever Scintilla it comes with, because that issue in the other thread was resolved, so now I only use default PureBasic installs again.