antislash or r won't escape quotes on win 7 64bits using type()

[charles boutet]

************* known problem

see faq 933

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Hi,
I've installed x-1.0rc2 Sikuli version on my win 7 64 bits.
Problem is : i can't escape characters. both antislash and raw string mode don't work in any situation.

[RaiMan (raimund-hocke)]

symptoms?
examples?

[charles boutet (mnem00)]

examples : type("i want this \"word\" quoted") or ('i want this \"word\" quoted') won't work, in this case i get an error because sikuli thinks string is finished at first escaped quote. i also tried to define a variable as raw string with the r option as shown in the manual. doesn't work too.

[RaiMan (raimund-hocke)]

since you cannot type() apostrophes at all (see faq 933), I guess, this is a "hidden" problem ;-)

try
paste("i want this \"word\" quoted")
or
paste('i want this "word" quoted')

... should work as expected.

BTW: string handling is exactly as it has to be with Python, since the script interpreter is Jython and not Sikuli.

[charles boutet (mnem00)]

indeed. mea maxima culpa.
btw thank you :)