Remedy to unwanted \\ field split, please, V2.49 Options

[chrisjj]

If on V2.49 I edit a field containing "\\" in the mail panel, Mp3tag changes "\\" to ", " and ALT+T shows the field has been split.

This is HIGHLY UNDESIRABLE e.g. causes this:

http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopi...ost&p=62055

I really cannot see why Mp3tag interprets a pre-existing \\ as a request for a field split. Please would it not do so, and thereby preserve the \\ unchanged . On an option, if necessary.

Thanks.

This post has been edited by chrisjj: Feb 25 2012, 23:12

[JJ Johnson]

I really cannot see why Mp3tag interprets a pre-existing \\ as a request for a field split.

How should it know that it was "pre-existing"? That gets messy trying to figure out what existed prior to editing a field.

Please would it not do so, and thereby preserve the \\ unchanged . On an option, if necessary.

The option should be to allow users to designate a different character string to be used for splitting fields.

[chrisjj]

How should it know that it was "pre-existing"?

The fact it was present before the edit.

That gets messy trying to figure out what existed prior to editing a field.

Agreed, esp. where there's a mixture of preexisting and newly entered.

The option should be to allow users to designate a different character string to be used for splitting fields.

And no character string to be used for splitting fields.