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New Experimental versions of Executor out there



Hi Folks,

ftp.cs.unm.edu contains

	pub/ardi/Executor_DOS/exexp12c.zip
and
	pub/ardi/Executor_NEXTSTEP/Executor_130e.tar

In addition to a variety of bugfixes, these versions of Executor have  
had a bunch of the inner memory management code revamped so that when  
you quit an application you go right back into the "pick an  
executable" dialogue box.  People have been asking for this feature  
for years, and we're finally there.  There's still a chance that some  
little bugs will create situations where if you run program X, it  
runs fine, but if you run program W and then program X, X has  
trouble.  Please let us know if you find such a problem.

This new feature will be used to put a tiny browser in Executor so  
that you'll be able to manipulate files or launch apps like you can  
do with Apple's Finder (although ours won't be quite so nice).

Color is "limping" "in the lab".  We're still at least three weeks  
away from making color available to test people, but I hope to have  
the other 2.0 features added by then as well.  I'm hoping that within  
a week I'll have serial port support and a few more goodies, and if  
you experiment, you'll probably notice that more apps are running  
better than ever before.

	--Cliff