This bug was originally marked as duplicate of bug 190005, that is already resolved. This bug is still valid, so this seems to be another bug, but it might be related.

Build: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 201303092300)
VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM, 23.7-b01, Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment, 1.7.0_17-b02
OS: Linux

User Comments:
wnjordan: Combining two comments by deleting the lines that separate them:

/**
 *
 *
 */
/**
 *
 *
 */

The following is being deleted:
 */
/**

I have repeated this twice with the same result.  IDE appears to resume normal operation after the exception.




Stacktrace: 
java.lang.AssertionError: dotPos=318 != insertionOffset=319 cookie=null selectedText='*/
/**
 ' origDot=326
   at org.netbeans.editor.BaseKit$InsertBreakAction.performLineBreakInsertion(BaseKit.java:1420)
   at org.netbeans.editor.BaseKit$InsertBreakAction.access$200(BaseKit.java:1307)
   at org.netbeans.editor.BaseKit$InsertBreakAction$1.run(BaseKit.java:1342)
   at org.netbeans.editor.GuardedDocument.runAtomicAsUser(GuardedDocument.java:347)
   at org.netbeans.editor.BaseKit$InsertBreakAction.actionPerformed(BaseKit.java:1333)
   at org.netbeans.editor.BaseAction.actionPerformed(BaseAction.java:339)