Project: JDT
Bug 33629 Double-quote as character value broken in RC1
Reported: 2003-03-02 13:50:22 | Status: verified fixed

There is a series of related bugs under the category of it's really hard to enter a character value containing a double-quote character and when you try it strange things can happen. 1. Single-quote balancing seems not to work at all. When you type a single quote you get a single quote. 2. When you type the character sequence '" the result is '"" (!) 3. When you try to backspace over the extra unwanted " (either the first or the second) both are erased. The only way to get the desired result seems to be to copy and paste the " character. 4. If you try to cut and paste in the ", you can get in some weird mode where the editor thinks a string exists where there is none. I'm still trying to figure out the sequence that produced the following lines: if (c == ''' || c == '"') {" + "} (Leading tabs removed for sake of example.) I only know that the last two " characters were not typed. No doubt another illustration why editor modes are a bad idea.

Files changed in fix:
org.eclipse.jdt.ui/core extension/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/corext/template/java/JavaFormatter.java org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/javaeditor/CompilationUnitEditor.java org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/javaeditor/JavaEditor.java org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/javaeditor/JavaOutlinePage.java org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/preferences/EditTemplateDialog.java org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/text/ContentAssistPreference.java org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/text/FastJavaPartitionScanner.java org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/text/IJavaPartitions.java org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/text/JavaPartitionScanner.java org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/text/correction/JavaCorrectionAssistant.java org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/text/java/JavaAutoIndentStrategy.java org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/text/java/SmartBracesAutoEditStrategy.java org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/ui/text/JavaSourceViewerConfiguration.java org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/ui/text/JavaTextTools.java