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I don't know if this is on purpose or not. If it is, I request an option to change the behavior.

I just noticed that when I delete a Unicode character that's followed by a combining character (e.g., like a letter with a diacritic such as an tilde, grave accent, etc.), the combining character is not also deleted. Instead it will combine the remaining character next to it.

The only way (that I've found) to delete the combing character is to highlight both characters and hit delete. Otherwise, if you keep hitting backspace or delete, the combining character will remain and continue to combine with the next character in line.

Thanks.

This is on purpose since the program will delete characters, not combinations. Combinations can be made of more than only 2 characters. Try it outside TextPad and you should experience the same behavior.

I can confirm this behavior which will be fixed in the next release.

Out of interest, why use combining characters instead of the single characters which already have the diacritics?

bbadmin wrote: Sat Sep 13, 2025 9:33 pm I can confirm this behavior which will be fixed in the next release.

Out of interest, why use combining characters instead of the single characters which already have the diacritics?

Thank you. I don't. I inherited the file and was fixing it.

This is fixed in TextPad 9.9.1 and 8.23.1 which are now available for download.

Fixed verified. Thank you.