Sublime command palette inserts numbers one space before the cursor

[amclain]

There seems to be a bug when using Sublime's command palette to insert numbers. When the command is executed, the numbers are inserted one character behind the cursor. This does not seem to be the case if the Text-Pastry command line is used directly.

Given the following segment of code as an example, the goal is to insert a number before the semicolon: constant_1 = 101;

constant_1 = ;
constant_2 = ;
constant_3 = ;
constant_4 = ;

So the first step is to position multiple cursors (illustrated wtih |) just before the semicolon, just as you would if you were to start typing more text. Although this may appear obvious, I state it because it is an important issue regarding the bug.

constant_1 = |;
constant_2 = |;
constant_3 = |;
constant_4 = |;

Open Sublime's command palette via ctrl + shift + p, select Text Pastry: Command Line, and enter \i101. The inserted numbers end up behind the cursor location.

constant_1 =101 ;
constant_2 =102 ;
constant_3 =103 ;
constant_4 =104 ;

Running the same command by opening the Text-Pastry command line directly with the respective hotkey (not through Sublime's command palette) works as expected.

constant_1 = 101;
constant_2 = 102;
constant_3 = 103;
constant_4 = 104;

[bseymore]

I just tried this on my system and it works as expected — with the keyboard shortcut, the numbers are inserted before the semicolon, with no extraneous white space, like in your fourth example.

This is with SublimeText 3 (Build 3061) and Text Pastry 1.3.5 on an OS X 10.9.2 machine.

[amclain]

Looks like this may be an interaction with the Vintage plugin. I was able to catch that opening the Text-Pastry command line via the Sublime command palette forces Vintage out of insert mode (| cursor) and into command mode (_ cursor).

So when the editor is in insert mode, this is how the cursors appear:

command_1 = |;
command_2 = |;
command_3 = |;
command_4 = |;

Debug output:

(12, 12)
(27, 27)
(42, 42)
(57, 57)

Opening the Text-Pastry command line from the Sublime command palette then bumps the editor into command mode, changing the cursor to:

command_1 =_;
command_2 =_;
command_3 =_;
command_4 =_;

(11, 11)
(26, 26)
(41, 41)
(56, 56)

I should note that commands like Text Pastry: From 1 To X do keep the editor in insert mode and behave correctly, but it's starting to look like this may actually be an issue with Vintage.

I'm on ST3 build 3059 on various Win 7 and Linux machines, same configuration and same behavior for all.

[duydao]

I'm unfamiliar with the vintage plugin, but I'll take a look. Does this also happen with an other plugin?

[duydao]

@ bseymore thanks for the quick check!

[amclain]

Whoops, I got my plugin names mixed up. Vintage and Vintageous are Vim emulator plugins. I meant to say Vintageous previously.

Vintage ships with Sublime Text 3 but is an ignored package in the default config. It's enabled by removing it from the ignored packages list. I enabled this plugin and it does seem to work correctly with Text-Pastry.

Vintageous is a rewrite of Vintage; they should not be enabled at the same time. With this plugin enabled, the undesired behavior returns.

Based on this, it looks like the bug may be due to Vintageous changing the cursor mode when the Sublime command palette is opened. It just so happens that I noticed the bug because I do frequent text insertion with Text-Pastry this way, making it appear like it was the plugin at fault.

[duydao]

OK, thanks for clarifying!

[duydao]

I'll take another look at this

[duydao]

@amclain I tried to reproduce this bug, but it worked as expected. can you confirm that this still is a problem?

Steps

• paste text
• press i to enter insert mode
• place cursor like described:

constant_1 = |;
constant_2 = |;
constant_3 = |;
constant_4 = |;

• open command palette with shortcut OR open TP Command line with shortcut
• enter 1 10 0

Result

• the expected numbers were inserted
• the numbers were selected
• vintageous was still in edit mode

Note
I've tried this on a mac, will try on a windows plattform shortly

[duydao]

@amclain I was able to reproduce this problem, checking for a workaround

[duydao]

relevant lines in vintageous are:

on_deactivate, 80-82

on_activate, 56-58

[duydao]

Basically, vintageous will reset its mode to "normal mode" after losing focus. I've asked the creator of vintageous to add an option to enable/disable this behaviour. Can't do anything else, sorry.

[amclain]

Thanks for tracking down the lines of code in Vintageous that were causing the problem! I understand this is their problem and not yours, but what you were able to find looks like a big help.

[Kcko]

Hi Bro,

sequence i or \i (not work -- generate only "i").
When i change this to \i(1) or i1 its works....

it worked in the past, can u tell me why? :]]

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I'll take another look at this

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[duydao]

Thanks for reporting this issue, I've created #27 for this bug