id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version resolution keywords cc blockedby blocking branch_state votes 85 savannah: Tabs are replaced with dashes, making edit difficult to use slavazanko "Original: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?23849 ||Submitted by:||R. Steven Rainwater ||Submitted on:||Tue 15 Jul 2008 04:00:54 AM UTC|| ||Category:||Editor||Severity:||3 - Normal|| ||Status:||None||Privacy:||Public|| ||Assigned to:||None||Open/Closed:||Open|| ||Release:||4.6.2-pre1||Operating System:||GNU/Linux|| Discussion: {{{ Tue 15 Jul 2008 04:00:54 AM UTC, original submission: When I hit F4 to edit a text file, Cooledit v3.11.5 loads but, unlike all previous versions of MC, which I have used for many years, this version obscures the text file by displaying strings of dashes, greater-than signs, dots, and other gibberish in what should be whitespace within the document. This makes the document difficult to read and it's incredibly annoying! The editor should display what's actually in the file and not extra characters that aren't really there! I now have to use another editor to double check - is that dash really in the file or not? MC already has a hex mode if I need to find out if a particular character is a tab or space or whatever, so this doesn't add any new capabilities, it just makes the editor hard to use. I'm sure someone thought it was cool or useful for some obscure purpose but it violates the WYSIWYG principle upon which the editor was previously based. If someone really needs this ""feature"", please make it a configuration option can be turned on in rare cases if someone wants it, so it doesn't make editing annoying for the rest us! Example: edit a text file containing this line of text: ""This is a test"" all previous versions of MC show actual text: ""This is a test"" new version of MC shows non-existent gibberish all around text, making it difficult to read: ""<><>..<->This.<>is<---><><->a<---->test<---><><>."" }}}" defect new major mcedit