IDE locks up on MacOS if hidden characters in source

[jjwilliams01]

Description

IDE locks up on MacOS if hidden characters in source

Expected Behavior

Should ignore hidden special characters or not save them

Current Behavior

IDE goes into a dead lock required a forced quit and loss of work

Steps to Reproduce

A number of hidden characters cause the behavior

Your Environment

MacOS 14.6.1 , Intel

• Processing version: 4.3

Possible Causes / Solutions

I clear the problem going into BBEdit and run Zap Gremlins. The characters original in copy operation of code samples from chatGPT