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Description
Selecting text in a .txt file and then pressing ( would normall cause the selected text to be encased in (). However, when pressing < the expected result of encasing the selected text or word (including word not split between lines) does not encase the selection with < >
Steps to Reproduce
open a txt or .md in safe mode atom
type a word, select word, press <
Expected behavior: selected word is encased in < > when selecting and pressing <
Actual behavior: selected word is deleted and replaced with <
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Description
Selecting text in a .txt file and then pressing
(
would normall cause the selected text to be encased in()
. However, when pressing<
the expected result of encasing the selected text or word (including word not split between lines) does not encase the selection with< >
Steps to Reproduce
<
Expected behavior: selected word is encased in
< >
when selecting and pressing<
Actual behavior: selected word is deleted and replaced with
<
Reproduces how often: always
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