single-line string?

[spir]

On 04/14/2011 05:03 PM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> 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.

Geany has this feature (mentionned it in original post, actually), but:
1. As already said, it still reinterprets the code just like if one had typed 
both '"' separately.
2. No step 5, as you guessed.

Denis
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