Re: Bug: source code editing using C-c ' (org-edit-special) eats characters

[Hsiu-Khuern Tang <tangoh@gmail.com>]

* On Tue 04:31PM, 23 Oct 2012, Nick Dokos (nicholas.dokos@hp.com) wrote:
> Hsiu-Khuern Tang <tangoh@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Sorry if this has been reported -- a brief search didn't turn up anything.
> > 
> > Start with this 3-line org file:
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > #+begin_example
> > 
> > #+end_example
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > Do these steps:
> > - go to the 2nd line
> > - type C-c ' to edit the source example
> > - type some text in the new buffer, such as "test"
> > - type C-c ' to exit
> > 
> > What I get is this:
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > #+begin_example  test#+end_example
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > Anyone else able to reproduce this?
> > 
> 
> ...
> It depends on what you type exactly: typing "test" with no extra
> newlines produces the result above for me. If I add newlines, I get
> "funny-looking" results with the #+END_EXAMPLE indented some.
> 
> Since it does not know a language, the buffer is in fundamental mode
> and you get (modulo funny indentation perhaps) whatever you type.
> 
> Nick

Thanks for checking.  The problem also shows up if I replace begin_example by begin_src r (say), so it's not just because Org doesn't know the language.

Also, if I start with

--------------------------------------------------
#+begin_example
#+end_example
--------------------------------------------------

and repeat the above steps (but typing C-c ' on the /first/ line), the output becomes

--------------------------------------------------
#+begin_exampl  test
  +end_example
--------------------------------------------------

Note that the last "e" of "begin_example" got dropped!

-- 
Best,
Hsiu-Khuern.