Replace ??? in examples with sequence of chars that is entirely selected when double clicking #159

aryzing commented 2024年09月07日 23:29:47 +02:00

When going through the examples, trying to double click the ??? characters to fix the examples isn't very practical, as they're not all selected with a double click. It would be a much better experience to have a sequence that is selected when double clicking. E.g., _fixme_, _fix_, FIX, or anything else that is selected when double clicking.

When going through the examples, trying to double click the `???` characters to fix the examples isn't very practical, as they're not all selected with a double click. It would be a much better experience to have a sequence that is selected when double clicking. E.g., `_fixme_`, `_fix_`, `FIX`, or anything else that is selected when double clicking.

Macol commented 2024年09月09日 15:12:07 +02:00

I just started doing Ziglings today and I had similar experience with that. I use Neovim and whenever the ??? is followed by another special character (for example ???);), I cannot simply use cw as usual to replace the entire thing without rewriting the suffix characters. Very minor inconvenience, but it would still be cool to see this changed.

By the way, thanks to the authors for making Ziglings, very cool project and also great name!

I just started doing Ziglings today and I had similar experience with that. I use Neovim and whenever the `???` is followed by another special character (for example `???);`), I cannot simply use `cw` as usual to replace the entire thing without rewriting the suffix characters. Very minor inconvenience, but it would still be cool to see this changed. By the way, thanks to the authors for making Ziglings, very cool project and also great name!

chrboesch commented 2024年09月09日 15:59:43 +02:00

I tried double clicking with mousepad and it mostly works. In Vim/Neovim you can always press 3cl when you are on the first question mark.

Changing the question marks through something like _fixme_ is not the same feeling/behavior, so I won't do that.

I tried double clicking with mousepad and it mostly works. In Vim/Neovim you can always press 3cl when you are on the first question mark. Changing the question marks through something like `_fixme_` is not the same feeling/behavior, so I won't do that.

aryzing commented 2024年09月09日 16:10:28 +02:00

Not sure what "mostly" means in this context. In most machines / apps / editors, the ? character is not part of the "word" character set, so it won't work for most people. Not a huge deal, I'm very grateful for these exercises, it's just one of those noticeable things that gets in the way when going through them.

Not sure what "mostly" means in this context. In most machines / apps / editors, the `?` character is not part of the "word" character set, so it won't work for most people. Not a huge deal, I'm very grateful for these exercises, it's just one of those noticeable things that gets in the way when going through them.

Macol commented 2024年09月09日 16:13:59 +02:00

I tried double clicking with mousepad and it mostly works. In Vim/Neovim you can always press 3cl when you are on the first question mark.

Changing the question marks through something like _fixme_ is not the same feeling/behavior, so I won't do that.

Yeah, I do use 3cl/3xi but it is less convenient and usually requires first undoing after the drilled cw. As it's already said, it's very minor, but noticeable.

> I tried double clicking with mousepad and it mostly works. In Vim/Neovim you can always press 3cl when you are on the first question mark. > > Changing the question marks through something like `_fixme_` is not the same feeling/behavior, so I won't do that. Yeah, I do use `3cl`/`3xi` but it is less convenient and usually requires first undoing after the drilled `cw`. As it's already said, it's very minor, but noticeable.

chrboesch commented 2024年09月09日 18:12:50 +02:00

For example, in exercise 006_strings on line 26, if you change the question marks to _fixme_, you won't get an editor error of zls expected type expression, found']'. You won't see anything. That's why we chose ??? because it's always an error.

For example, in exercise 006_strings on line 26, if you change the question marks to `_fixme_`, you won't get an editor error of zls `expected type expression, found']'`. You won't see anything. That's why we chose `???` because it's always an error.