[Lazarus] MaskEdit question

[Gerard N/A]

Hi Bart,

>
> So the '_' is treated as a lireal '_', not as a literal space.
>
So it seems.

> The Delphi (3) help states:
> The _ character automatically inserts spaces into the text. When the
> user enters characters in the field, the cursor skips the _ character.
>

Same explanation in D7 Help. I don't have D2010,  I asked a friend to
test for me.

> If the help text is still the same, I think we shouls implement it as
> the help text says it should work (treat '_' as '\ '), and consider
> the current Delphi behaviour as a bug.
>
I don't know what is the usual way to do with Delphi bugs like this
one. Fix them or keep compatibility even with the incorrect behaviour?

Regards,

Gerard.