Editor blocks certain characters like double quotes, left curly braces, left paranthesis, left braces

Shawn,

Can you please attach your log file (Help > Studio > Log File). That will help diagnose.

Thanks,
Ingo

Here ya go.

Also, the method has changed for getting the log... it's Help>Aptana>View Log file Obviously I found it and it's pretty close, but some people may have been confused by that since there is no "studio" menu. Just a friendly comment, not a nitpick, sorry. smile

Ah, sorry, thanks. Can you confirm your Aptana Studio version (The "About Box" should give specific build details)?

Resolving as duplicate of APSTUD-3353 as the log file is identical.

Are we sure it's the same because I have no issue with letters, only those special characters. And his description sounds like it goes away after re-open but that's only a temp fix because the first keypress in the newly opened file breaks it again.

Also, any thought on a resolution? I'm dead in the water on development with my editor broken and no way to roll back a version.

The stack trace is identical between the two, so it's possible that it's a different issue, but it's more likely just a different way of exposing the problem. Hope to get you back to something usable ASAP, which most likely means we'll push a fix to the beta stream and have you update to that. I don't yet have an ETA, but I should have some more feedback in a little bit.

In the meantime, and I know it's a terrible way to do it, but you could do "Open With" and choose one of the text editor options. That would at least allow you to edito your files right now without this issue.

Or point me to a download for a version or two back. That would be great. It should be standard to allow downgrades.

Can you try this first? http://wiki.appcelerator.org/display/tis/Reverting+to+a+Previous+Version

That seems to be broken. I'm attaching the error I get when I click the installation details button.

Error for installation details

@Shawn - We managed to recreate the issue and we are working on fixing it.
We'll update this ticket with a workaround or a solution in a few hours.

Thanks!

Thank you. And I really appreciate your prompt attention to this. It's rare to get that quick of service from an online form these days so don't think your hard work is unnoticed.

Recreation:

<?
	require "_lib_swstandard.php";
	$id = $_GET['id'];
	if ($ar_game) {
	  // RECREATION - Add '' here. Delete the right one and then delete the left one.	
	}

?>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,user-scalable=no" />
<h1>Game [<?=$ar_game['id']?>]</h1>
<a href="game.php?id=<?=$id?>&player=<?=$player?>">REFRESH</a>
<INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" ONCLICK="window.location.href='_lib_dopost.php?m=bet&player=<?=$player?>&game=<?=$id?>&bet=10'" style="background: white;"></FORM>
<INPUT TYPE="BUTTON" ONCLICK="window.location.href='_lib_dopost.php?m=bet&player=<?=$player?>&game=<?=$id?>&bet=50'" style="background: blue; color: white;"></FORM>
</html> 

Following this code and removing the added quotes triggers an error. After that error is triggered, no other 'pair-matched' characters can be inserted.

Fixed in development branch

Thank you for your patience. Please test the fix. Update to the beta branch (see http://preview.appcelerator.com/studio/ for details, choosing the "beta" stream for Aptana Studio 3.0.5) and let us know if it does (or does not) fix the problem ASAP.

Aptana Studio 3, build: 3.0.5.201108231934
Windows 7

With file attached to this ticket, "game.php", open in the Studio, the editor is continuing to prevent most keyboard input. All it will print are the braces, parentheses and brackets, and it will not delete these or the original content.

Max, did you try on OS X or Windows. I can't replicate on OS X, but wondering if Windows might exhibit the behavior.

Also, please provide source code, in case you modified the one attached to this ticket.

I just tried in Windows as well. No luck replicating the issue. I typed all manner of random chars in random spots.

Aptana Studio 3, build: 3.0.5.201108231934
Windows 7

The previously mentioned issue was due to the file's read only status. The file "game.php" is editable in this build.

I have updated to this build:

Aptana Studio 3, build: 3.0.5.201108231934
(c) Copyright 2005-2011 by Appcelerator, Inc. All rights reserved.

The problem with the installation history button has been resolved. I can now see my installation history. I did not try to actually revert to an old version, but can see that my last version was 3.0.0.201102151705-15022011170613 installed on 4/1/11.

A quick test of the pair-matched characters issue seems to be fixed. I will update the case later in the day as I work on real code to let you know if I see it come back.

Thank you guys so much for working hard on this over night and getting a fix the very next day. Great stuff!

off-topic, I have a question about code assist, or completion, I'm not sure what the right term is for this particular feature... but who could I ask about it? It's not a bug, I just need some education so I can find the right thing in the settings and shut it off. I'm writing PHP and HTML and I find settings for Java and Python, so I'm not sure I'm finding the right things. Thanks!

Never mind about my previous question. I found what I was after.

Had to reopen to assign "notable" label