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- EE v0.7, rev 16b - ReadmeFirst.txt doc
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- First, let me apologize to everyone for releasing an unfinished project.
- EE was supposed to showcase some of the awesome potential of the E
- language...but due to some bad circumstances I haven't been able to
- touch it for some time. Hence, some features in EE are still unstable.
- I shall list those here so you'll know what to look out for.
-
- BUT...there is a good side to this! If I'd had more time to finish EE,
- you would be getting E v3.0 much later!! :) :) So...tis a mixed
- blessing, methinks.
-
- If this intro scares you, then I say, "Good!" Now it's over, lemme say
- I've been using EE with little bad side effects for quite some time,
- and although my dilligent betatesters have identified many bugs (most
- of which are annoyances, only a handfull really dangerous) EE is still
- very usable if you know what to avoid.
-
- Listed here are the dangerous and/or most commonly encountered problems:
-
- - DON'T attempt to load binary files, EE will crash.
-
- - Avoid sudden mouse moves and fast repetitive clicking while selecting
- text. This does funny things to my event handler, and causes mouse
- selection to quit working.
-
- - ARexx looks like it's a feature, but it's not. Due to more than one
- problem, it was removed temporarily.
-
- - ReplaceSelected function appears as a separate function in the guide,
- and in the PrefsEditor utility. This an oversight on my part...I
- forgot to change the docs after renovating the Find/Replace functions.
- This function has been obsolesced...it is now inherent in the Replace
- function. If a block is selected when Replace is invoked, the
- hilighted text is automatically picked up and stuffed in the requester.
- FindSelected, on the other hand, must be a separate function since Find
- can be used to extend a selected block. Hope this clears up any
- confusion. (Thanks for the report, Lionel!)
-
- - ShowEditorInfo function used to be called ShowResources function.
- The docs are out of date.
-
- - Once you create macros there's no way of telling what you've got out
- there (besides mashing keys). So when you create a macro, keep a log
- of what key sequence it's bound to, what function is called, and any
- info it contains (like searchstring='blah', or font=e/11). One of
- these days I'll get around to writing a util to eat a macro file and
- spit out a description...
-
- - Invoking the PrefsEditor from within EE does not work if EE isn't
- launched via the AmigaDOS Run command. It also does't work if EE
- is run from the RAM: device. Dunno why this happens. (This is only
- on my machine...unaware of behaviour on other systems.) If you
- encounter these problems, just be sure you "Run EE", and only try to
- run it from a true disk.
-
- These problems will be taken care of soon as possible and a new distro
- will be released. Please feel free to send bug reports. The more info
- I get, the better armed I am to exterminate! >:)
-
- And above all, HAVE FUN!!! =)
-
- Thus endeth the period of nail biting.
-
- -- Barry
-