single-line string?

[Andrej Mitrovic]

Some editors automatically add the closing double quote, which pretty
much eliminates this problem. For example:

step1: string s = | <- caret
step2: string s = "| <- caret
step3: string s = "|" <- editor automatically adds the ending quote
step4: string s = "typesomething"
step5: string s = "typesomething"; <- you don't have to move the
cursor after the closing quote, just type in the extra " and it will
automatically overwrite the existing one. Then you add -> ;

Perhaps Geany doesn't automatically do step5, and doesn't let you
overwrite the extra closing quote. This might explain why you don't
like automatic addition of the closing quote.

This wouldn't be hard to implement using Scintilla. The problem is
most IDE's and editors which use Scintilla barely scratch the surface
of its potential. They just embed the editing component and add a few
dialog boxes to configure font sizes.