OS : Ubuntu 20.04 PsychoPy version: 2021.2.2 Standard Standalone What happens: When I type a dollar sign ($) at the beginning of a text component, Builder gives an error and crashes. If I type the $ at a different position in the box, nothing happens (please, see the gif below): [Builder_crash…

Thanks for flagging! - just tested on windows and can’t replicate - maybe ubuntu specific? but does look like a bug would you be ok to put this as an issue on github so the dev team can test it? Thanks! Becca

Hi Becca! Done :slightly_smiling_face: Here is the link , in case someone comes looking for this. Best, Flavio

I can confirm that this happens on the latest PsychoPy on Manjaro (i.e. Arch-based distro) as well. I think that may mean this happens on all Linux systems. The error message suggest that some recursive function in the program simply repeats infinitely, but I’ll keep looking for solutions.

Dear all! I found the same “bug” running in Ubuntu 20.04, inside an environment. I really appreciate any contribution. Best wishes!

Are you using the latest version of PsychoPy (2021.2.3)? There does seem to be a similar bug here: [image] Bug: Dollar sign turns code into text Online experiments In PsychoPy 2021.2.3 (using Javascript): The dollar sign ($) as code indicator in any TextBox’s Text proper…

Yes, my friend! I’m using the recent version. When I use the dollar sign in any text area, as in random variables in sense to create aleatory reading, the builder closes Psychopy. I have no idea what happens.

Dear all, I noticed the dollar sign is used as a delimiter to code in text fields, inside Psychopy. However, the same sign maybe interpreted as an illegal mark by Python interpreter in the recent version, as in the example in Python: fred$ = ‘alex’ SyntaxError: invalid syntax I really not…

Dear all, I personally resolve this task once creating the experiment in the builder, insert the variables in the text field with space before, and, modified the variables directly in Python code, removing the dollar sign. The experiment runs perfectly.

I believe our resident Linux user @mdc has fixed this for the next release :slight_smile:

I am having the same problem. Cannot figure out how to manage with it.

Possible bug - Builder crashes when typing a dollar sign into a text component

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wakecarter January 19, 2022, 10:15pm 6

Are you using the latest version of PsychoPy (2021.2.3)?

There does seem to be a similar bug here:

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Possible bug - Builder crashes when typing a dollar sign into a text component

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