Re: Assorted problems in pgAdmin 1.8.0 - wxMAC

Am 12.11.2007 11:12 Uhr schrieb Dave Page (<dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>):

> Jörg Beyer wrote:
>>
>> (2) Query tool, SQL entry field
>> Entering a '^' (e.g. as a RegEx anchor) gives '^^'.
>> (On the German keyboard layout, '^' is mapped to the key exactly below the
>> escape key, if that is of any help).
>
> I can't reproduce that on my MBP, but that has a UK layout where ^ is
> Shift-6.
>
> That said, when running in XP/Bootcamp, I have seen exactly the same
> problem from the key directly below escape (which - assuming it makes it
> through the mail server - is §). I ran into it when I wrote a keyboard
> map because I wasn't happy with the bootcamp one, so I suspect this is
> Mac-wierdness that needs to be fixed in wxWidgets. I've CC'd Stefan in
> the hopes that he'll be able to comment.

Well, if not, it's not a big problem. Certainly we have to learn to live
with minor inconveniences like this ;-)

>> (3) Query tool, SQL entry field
>> The SQL field doesn't take input from the keyboard's number block. This may
>> be by design, but I'm so used to using the number block in certain
>> situations... (first generation Apple Pro keyboard here, the crystal
>> polycarbonate one with the black keys).
>
> Yes, this one is a known issue - from the bugs list:
>
> [STC] The numeric keypad doesn't work with the styled text control under
> wxMac.
> wxWidgets bug ref: 1776244

Sorry for the noise. I guess I have to learn to look there first.

Thanks again

Jörg