Continual misspelling
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Does anyone else find that they frequently misstype a particular word when coding? When working on image related stuff, I quite often discover (when compiling) huge quantities of "Heigth"s in my code instead of "Height" (of course they only get spotted as errors when I type them correctly in the definitions, and wrongly thereafter) Normally my fingers just automatically type the correct words, but for some reason there seems to be a crossed line when it comes to heigth -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
bugger(instead ofbuffer:) ) Who put that damn "g" next to the "f"?! -
Does anyone else find that they frequently misstype a particular word when coding? When working on image related stuff, I quite often discover (when compiling) huge quantities of "Heigth"s in my code instead of "Height" (of course they only get spotted as errors when I type them correctly in the definitions, and wrongly thereafter) Normally my fingers just automatically type the correct words, but for some reason there seems to be a crossed line when it comes to heigth -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
On a project I was doing for SAIC, someone had spelled the word "delimiter" as "delimeter". I explained to the boss that i was almost positive that the original programmer was trying to come up with a new term for measuring the length of a submarine sandwich (deli meter), and that he really wanted the word "delimiter". "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio.
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Does anyone else find that they frequently misstype a particular word when coding? When working on image related stuff, I quite often discover (when compiling) huge quantities of "Heigth"s in my code instead of "Height" (of course they only get spotted as errors when I type them correctly in the definitions, and wrongly thereafter) Normally my fingers just automatically type the correct words, but for some reason there seems to be a crossed line when it comes to heigth -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
retrun -> return caren -> caret (ex-girlfirend, go figure!) There are some other funny ones, but those two are the only that come to mind.
Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for a day
Light a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life! -
Does anyone else find that they frequently misstype a particular word when coding? When working on image related stuff, I quite often discover (when compiling) huge quantities of "Heigth"s in my code instead of "Height" (of course they only get spotted as errors when I type them correctly in the definitions, and wrongly thereafter) Normally my fingers just automatically type the correct words, but for some reason there seems to be a crossed line when it comes to heigth -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
Height Weight IUnknown (I keep leaving the first 'n' out) I type driver when I want to type drive I type user when I want to type use Cheers, Tom Archer Author - Inside C#, Visual C++.NET Bible
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Does anyone else find that they frequently misstype a particular word when coding? When working on image related stuff, I quite often discover (when compiling) huge quantities of "Heigth"s in my code instead of "Height" (of course they only get spotted as errors when I type them correctly in the definitions, and wrongly thereafter) Normally my fingers just automatically type the correct words, but for some reason there seems to be a crossed line when it comes to heigth -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
Dateinvariably becomesData, whether on it own or part of a another 'word'.Descriptinois another I'm guilty of :-) Andretrun... I'm sure there are many more. :-O Bruce Duncan CP#9088, CPUA 0xA1EE, Sonork 100.10030
Hi everyone. My name's Bruce. And I suffer from VB. -
UpdataData. Everytime without fail. cheers, Chris Maunder
How about colo(u)r? I remember you complaining about this one.;) Best regards, Alexandru Savescu
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Paul Watson wrote: strangely I always release it fast enough on the surname ditto here Paul. Nish
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
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Roger Wright wrote: My pet peeve is the lazy finger I've devloped that doesn't release the caps key fast enough I do that with the shift button. Especially in mid sentence with names. So you end up being ROger Wright (strangely I always release it fast enough on the surname) regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love, and to be loved in return - Moulin Rouge "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated."
Paul Watson wrote: strangely I always release it fast enough on the surname Oddly enough, I do that too! It seems to affect only the beginning of a capitalized phrase or sentence. I'm also getting very skilled at transposing characters in the middle of a word - a talent that has surfaced only since becoming active on CP and Sonork. Could there be a causal link?
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benjymous wrote: Does anyone else find that they frequently misstype a particular word when coding? I find it incredibly hard to do the following sequence over and over again:
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I also consistentally misspell "misspel" and "behavouir". regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love, and to be loved in return - Moulin Rouge "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated."
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You could use target="new" if that's easier.
Roger Wright wrote: You could use target="new" if that's easier. Just an FYI but new is not actually a valid value of the target attribute. Sure, most browsers support it (good old legacy support rearing its ugly head again) but according to the XHTML specs (even the loose and transitional ones) it is not valid. Since I am ensuring all my HTML is XHTML Transitional valid at least, new is out. Oh the tyranny of typing _blank! * p.s. and this is heresey, but I think new is much more logical than _blank regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love, and to be loved in return - Moulin Rouge "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated."
