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Why is Bob in Valentines disguise?

OriginalGriff8-May-21 20:23

OriginalGriff

8-May-21 20:23

Has his time machine failed, again? Big Grin | :-D

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Re: Why is Bob in Valentines disguise?

Peter_in_27808-May-21 21:14

Peter_in_2780

8-May-21 21:14

Today is Mothers Day in Oz, the US and probably other miscellaneous countries.

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Attached comment in C++ code comments the next line of code

Greg Utas1-May-21 11:25

Greg Utas

1-May-21 11:25

C++

// The following loop blah blah blah...
//
while(true)  // See? The root cause seems to be that the last endline was ignored.
{
   do_work();
}

It wasn't like this before, and I'll have a pile of editing to do if it isn't fixed.

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modified 1-May-21 18:46pm.

Re: Attached comment in C++ code comments the next line of code

OriginalGriff1-May-21 18:57

OriginalGriff

1-May-21 18:57

Strange ... but confirmed, and only for "specifically named" C and C++ comments:

// The following loop blah blah blah...
//
while(true)  // See? The root cause seems to be that the last endline was ignored.
{
   do_work();
}

// The following loop blah blah blah...
//
while(true)  // See? The root cause seems to be that the last endline was ignored.
{
   do_work();
}

C++

// The following loop blah blah blah...
//
while(true)  // See? The root cause seems to be that the last endline was ignored.
{
   do_work();
}

// The following loop blah blah blah...
//
while(true)  // See? The root cause seems to be that the last endline was ignored.
{
   do_work();
}

Java

// The following loop blah blah blah...
//
while(true)  // See? The root cause seems to be that the last endline was ignored.
{
   do_work();
}

Re: Attached comment in C++ code comments the next line of code

Greg Utas2-May-21 0:00

Greg Utas

2-May-21 0:00

By "specifically named", do you mean that only the C/C++ examples are broken? I'm surprised that the first one is colorized at all, given that it doesn't specify a language.

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Re: Attached comment in C++ code comments the next line of code

OriginalGriff2-May-21 0:52

OriginalGriff

2-May-21 0:52

If you don't specify anything, it tried to work it out for you - and mostly does a pretty good job.
But only the C / C++ ones gave a comment problem.

Re: Attached comment in C++ code comments the next line of code

Matthew Dennis5-May-21 9:02

Matthew Dennis

5-May-21 9:02

Chris is looking into this. He thinks it has something to do with the comment continuation character support he added to c/c++.

I didn't even realize there was such a thing.
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:text=Single%2Dline%20comments%20(informally%2C,continue%20in%20the%20next%20line.)

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Re: Attached comment in C++ code comments the next line of code

Greg Utas5-May-21 9:34

Greg Utas

5-May-21 9:34

I wasn't sure what you meant, but it looks like a backslash at the end of a line continues a comment. This makes sense insofar as it escapes the endline character, but I still think it's silly.

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Re: Attached comment in C++ code comments the next line of code

Matthew Dennis5-May-21 10:05

Matthew Dennis

5-May-21 10:05

One thing I learned when writing specifications. Make one or two silly, easy to fix, mistakes or requirements. The reviewers need to find something to justify their existence, so make both your lives easier.

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Re: Attached comment in C++ code comments the next line of code

OriginalGriff5-May-21 19:51

OriginalGriff

5-May-21 19:51

You're not the only one to think of that: The secret of a successful code review | CommitStrip[^] Big Grin | :-D

Strange Copy Code problem in QA - solved

Richard MacCutchan25-Apr-21 23:42

Richard MacCutchan

25-Apr-21 23:42

I added Solution 3 to the question at Performing arithmetic operations with textbox values[^]. But now, when I click the Copy Code button in my solution it picks up random code from elsewhere in the entry, e.g.

On Button click, divide the value of textbox1 with the sum of the values of TesxtBox2, TextBox3, and TextBox4, then multiply the result with the value of TextBox5. Show the final result in textBox6. I have tried manipulating the below code, but doesn't seem to get. Would appreciate any valuable assistance

Which is from the question.

[edit]
I restarted Chrome and it is working now.
[/edit]

modified 26-Apr-21 6:30am.

Re: Strange Copy Code problem in QA

Richard Deeming26-Apr-21 0:20

Richard Deeming

26-Apr-21 0:20

Works fine for me in Firefox 88.

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Re: Strange Copy Code problem in QA

Richard MacCutchan26-Apr-21 0:31

Richard MacCutchan

26-Apr-21 0:31

This was using Chrome, and it happened at least five times for me. I just restarted Chrome and it appears to be OK.

Another undeletable empty QA answer

Richard Deeming25-Apr-21 23:34

Richard Deeming

25-Apr-21 23:34

how to make text in textbox(multilines) as bold ,italics,underlines...?[^] - Solution 3

4 kicks so far, and it's still alive.

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Re: Another undeletable empty QA answer

Pete O'Hanlon26-Apr-21 21:45

Pete O'Hanlon

26-Apr-21 21:45

It's gone now.

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Re: Another undeletable empty QA answer

Matthew Dennis27-Apr-21 4:35

Matthew Dennis

27-Apr-21 4:35

Unfortunately, this fixed itself before I could track down the issue.

I'll keep a lookout for this should it happen again.

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Font used to display code

.dan.g.23-Apr-21 16:36

.dan.g.

23-Apr-21 16:36

Hi all

Is there a way to change the font CP uses to display code snippets in articles?

My new tablet is currently showing code in Courier New and I always code in a non serif font.

Regards

.dan.g.

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Re: Font used to display code

OriginalGriff24-Apr-21 7:47

OriginalGriff

24-Apr-21 7:47

Do you have Consolas installed?
The CSS for the code shows:

CSS

font-family: Consolas, "Courier New", Courier, mono

So Courier New is a "fallback" font, if Consolas isn't installed.

(You can see this by using Chrome Inspect, then looking at the Computed tab for the element.)

Re: Font used to display code

.dan.g.24-Apr-21 16:31

.dan.g.

24-Apr-21 16:31

Many thx OG, I'll pursue that idea.

[Update]

Bummer. Consolas is a MS font and appears not to be available on Android.

Would it be feasible to have a fallback for Consolas in the same way there is a fallback for Courier New?

.dan.g.

AbstractSpoon Software
email: abstractspoon(dot)todolist(at)gmail(dot)com

modified 24-Apr-21 22:53pm.

Re: Font used to display code

Peter_in_278024-Apr-21 17:01

Peter_in_2780

24-Apr-21 17:01

Might be a dumb idea, but can you download a font you like and rename it so your browser thinks it's consolas?

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Re: Font used to display code

Chris Maunder25-Apr-21 3:38

Chris Maunder

25-Apr-21 3:38

Yeah, totally. I'll just replace courier with monospace which will be Droid Sans Mono on Android

cheers
Chris Maunder

Re: Font used to display code

.dan.g.25-Apr-21 23:46

.dan.g.

25-Apr-21 23:46

Thx Chris, that would totally rock.

.dan.g.

AbstractSpoon Software
email: abstractspoon(dot)todolist(at)gmail(dot)com

Search box should remember my last search strings

Jo_vb.net23-Apr-21 3:02

Jo_vb.net

23-Apr-21 3:02

If I search for an article and click into the search text box I would like see a drop down list where it is possible to select search strings which I did earlier.

Re: Search box should remember my last search strings

Chris Maunder23-Apr-21 3:23

Chris Maunder

23-Apr-21 3:23

We actually disable that in order to not have a conflict with the document type chooser. An option is we place the document type chooser above (or to the side of) the search box so the auto-complete can appear below.

cheers
Chris Maunder

Re: Search box should remember my last search strings

Jo_vb.net23-Apr-21 4:17

Jo_vb.net

23-Apr-21 4:17

It should be like BC does it:
Bleeping Computer Technical Support Forums[^]

Click on "Search" shows last search strings
Click on "Forum" (inside the search box) show forum sections for selection

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