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Problems with TextEdit in 10.4.6

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Grandier

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Oct 20, 2005
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Since I updated to 10.4.6 on my Quad G5 I've been experiencing problems with TextEdit. Every time I type a dash, slash, quote mark, or any character that is not a number or a letter, if it is preceded and followed by numbers or letters without spaces in between, it turns into a double character.

For example: 16-feb-06 turns into 16--feb--06 as soon as I type the f and the 0. When I try to delete the error the program usually stops responding and I can't type anything else anymore! Check Spelling doesn't work either (in any of it's forms).

I have restarted several times and it won't fix it. This only happens in TextEdit, other programs are fine. This is really annoying, as TE is the only dedicated text program I have. I'm having to use Supercollider as a text editor now. Please Help!
 
I'm afraid not... or, that is, not much...

Have you checked to see if this also occurs when logged in as another user on your Mac (make an account if you have to)?

And have you performed the usual mumbo jumbo™: Repairing permissions, ran periodicals, etc.?
 
Yes, I did try verifying the permissions.

I opened another account and tried TextEdit from there, and the problem is not present in that account! What does that mean though?

And I already tried deleting the application and copied it from another disk (where I installed it from the install dvd), but it didn't do it. Sorry, but what is pacifist?

I apologize for my ignorance, and thank you both for your help!
 
Thanks mad jew, it helps to at least know that other people have been experiencing similar problems.
 
Yeah, but it still sucks to have the problem. Did you try any of the techniques outlined in the thread? In particular, did you empty caches and remove third party spell checking apps (where applicable)?

Also, I guess if it really gets to you, just transfer everything over to the new account that doesn't have the problem.

Oh, and to answer your earlier question, Pacifist is an app that lets you reinstall specific apps from the OSX disks without having to completely reinstall everything. :)
 
I ended up deleting the application, and before reinstallinng from the disk, I tried copying a really older version (1.0) from a backup I had from my old laptop. It seems to have solved the problem, at least for now. The funny thing is that I had tried that before already with another old (but not that old) version, and the problem was still there. :confused:

Don't know if it's a good idea to have such an old version of the program, but at least for now it works. Thanks for your help! :)
 
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