Bug: Classic ASP 1 line comment highlight error

Mr Zed

In an ASP file if you have a 1 line comment like this:

<% ’ some comment %>
<html><body>

Then after the first line everything (<html><body>) will be highlighted incorrectly as ASP code.
So it does not recognize the %> (end of script) part.

It is more annoying in inline comment situations like
<input name=“some” value=“val” <% ’ some comment here %> style=“inp”>
<input name=“some2” …

Where everything after %> (next lines too) is highlighted as ASP.

Ekopalypse

@Mr-Zed

Not very clear to me what you are actually doing.
Maybe provide some sample which you post in between three tildes like
~~~ some sample ~~~ and describe in more detail what exactly you do and you have set.
In addition, in such a case it is always useful to provide the debug-info which can be found in the ? menu,
which is the last menu item. If you want to embed an uploaded image you can do so by using ![](URL_OF_THE_UPLOADED_IMAGE) syntax.

Alan Robbo

Sorry do not seem to be able to start a question.
Is there a way to view the contents of two tabs side by side?

Ekopalypse

@Alan-Robbo
right-click on tab and choose move to other view

Mr Zed

I see now why you could not replicate the problem.
This site converted the basic ASCII apostrophe ' CHR(#27) or ALT+39 or U+0027 or &apos ;
into UTF8 apostrophe like U+2019 (RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK) .
Try it with the basic ASCII #27 apostrophe.

Lets see if it converts again (in the preview not):

<% ' some comment %>
<html><body>

So if you use #27 apostrophe then the %> (script end) is not recognized.
And everything is highlighted as ASP script, the <html><body> line and all other lines bellow them too.

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Mr Zed

@Ekopalypse

And the pic:

PeterJones

@Mr-Zed said:

This site converted

If you want help with the site’s Markdown language, see this excerpt from my boilerplate:

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