Problem with a variable in IPTC pad.

[Colin Robinson]

I believe I have found a small bug (caused by a typo?) in the variables when setting up a IPTC pad prior to ingesting some photos today.
I double clicked on "monthname", rather than typing it into the caption field, but it appeared as {month name}  with a space. This did not pick up the information. When I deleted the space manually the variable worked fine. Using the short code {mnn} worked fine.

[Kirk Baker]

I imagine the OS's 'autocorrect' feature modified the text when it was 'pasted' in.  I'll see if there is anything I can do about it.

-Kirk

[Colin Robinson]

Not a huge deal but foxed me for a few minutes. Thanks for the quick response.
CR

[Kirk Baker]

I have found a way to temporarily disable auto-correct and text replacement prior to inserting the variable and restore the settings afterwards.  This fixes the problem.  The fix will be in the next build of Photo Mechanic 5.

-Kirk

[Colin Robinson]

KIRK

I have worked out a work around.
 In the Edit?/ Spelling  menu I have added the common "two word" {variables} I use, ( is it learn? Spelling, I'm writing this on my iPad from memory and can't check PM) so that when the variable is pasted, the spell check recognises it as something I want and doesn't change it.

Thanks again.
CR