Editor pet peeves :-)

sebnozzi

Since I don't know where to post "bug reports" I'm trying here ...

Generally everything works absolutely fine on Mini Micro ... this is are small things but which add some "friction" to the coding experience.

Editor (textarea, in particular cursor) is not focuses when one re-enters it

I guess this is a quickfix.

Steps to reproduce:

Use the editor, write a program or load an existing one
Place the cursor somewhere, visible on the screen
Exit the editor
Enter the editor again via "edit"
Press the cursor keys, or try continuing typing

Expected behavior:

The cursor moves / the text is changed (i.e. one continues editing where the cursor is)

What happens:

Nothing. The cursor does not move. Keys have no effect.
Only after manually clicking on the text area one can edit again.

Editor (syntax highlighter) does incorrectly show closing brackets beyond first line in red, as if invalid

This one I guess is more complex to solve.

Steps to reproduce:

Write a multi-line expression which opens with a curly, round or square bracket (can be a list, map, or function call)
The expression should span more than one line
Correctly close the expression (no dangling bracket in a separate line)

Expected behaviour:

The closing bracket is normally colored (blue I think)

Actual behaviour:

The closing bracket is colored red, as if incorrect / invalid

This might seem small, but it confused me as a newcomer to the platform. After a while I figured out it might be a syntax highlighting / naive parsing bug, but I think might confuse newcomers.

Cheers!
Sebastian

sebnozzi

Let me add another one ...

Revert does not work after exiting the editor and re-entering it

Steps to reproduce:

Load a script
Edit it, add one line (e.g. a comment)
Hit "Revert": the file is reverted to its saved state
Exit the editor
Enter it again
Edit the file again
Exit the editor
Enter again
Hit "Revert": nothing happens

Expected behaviour:

That the file is re-loaded from its last saved state

Actual behaviour:

Nothing happens after exiting the editor and re-entering again

NOTE: I realized that the way it seems to work is that it restores the contents to the initial state of an edit session. Which would be fine if it was not that the icon is next to "Save" and it suggests that it re-loads the script from disk (counterpart operation from Save). So I don't know if this behaviour is as designed or not ...

jstrout

That last one is working as designed — it's meant to allow you to revert your editing session even if you are working on a brand new, not-yet-saved program. Of course you probably shouldn't be doing that for long, so I don't know why I encourage it.

But on the other hand, the operation you wanted — reload the last saved version on disk — is already available by using the "load" command. I do see your point of confusion, though.

As for the others, they're on my to-fix list for 1.1. You're right, the second one (brackets on a continued line) is tricky to fix, but it definitely looks like a bug so I better tidy it up.