Text area problems

[J van Zessen]

CVS version: 17-12-2001
Machine: Linux 2.4, SuSE 7.1, intel P3
Compiler: GCC 3.0.2


Problem:

There are some problems with te various text component of GNUstep. The first 
problem is the ESC key. Pressing the escape key cause boxes to be inserted in 
the text which can only be deleted by pressing the Backspace key (not the DEL 
key). This occurs in apps like GNUMail and GWorkspace. The other problem is the 
Enter key in text areas, like the one in the compose window of GNUMail. When 
you press the enter key, the blinking  cursor does not go to the next line, but 
stays on the current line. When you start typing text it will go to the next 
line. Pressing the Enter key twice (which I did, because I thought that I did 
not do it well) results in the cursor being postitioned two line below the 
current line.

Another issue is the Tab key. It does not work correctly.        Things which 
can occur:
1) There is an extra space in front of the cursor (which dissapears 
spontaniously)
2) The tab appears when you start typing the text (behaviour like the Enter key)

Also, using <SHIFT> arrows to select text does not work (but that has probably 
something to do with not  being able to copy/paste text into text related gui 
components) Selecting text with the mouse does work.

Another problem is the following. This mail is typed in GNUMail. When I resize 
the window, so that a scrollbar appears on the left side, and I scroll down the 
text area, the text at the end of the area gets all garbled. (You see the last 
line twice or an "after image" appears). This is also the case when you are 
reading a mail sent to you. Scrolling the text area to the bottom results in 
garbled lines. 

Finally, the HOME key works incorrectly. END works ok, it gets you to the end 
of a line. But HOME brings you to the beginning of the text area. And PageUp, 
PageDown don't work


I also want to say that, all in all, it works pretty cool. Thumbs up!


Thats all, cheers
Jory van Zesse