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  6. Ç
  7. ëAnsiEdit v2.30
  8. Ç
  9. Version2.30of'üAnsiEditÇ',isintendedasthelastrelease
  10. forthisyear.Thereareplansfornewfeaturesforthe
  11. editor,butthereareotherthingsIwouldliketodo,after
  12. all,theeditorshasnowentereditsthirdyearof
  13. developmentandthefourthyearformedevelopingANSI
  14. programs!!!!!(üWow!!doesn'ttimeflywhenyourenjoying
  15. yourselfÇ)
  16.  
  17. The following is a list of known bugs:
  18.  
  19. éüTherearecurrentlynoknownbugsintheeditor.However,
  20. thisdoesn'tmeantherearen'tanyatall,justthatI
  21. don'tknowaboutthem.
  22. Ç
  23. Thefollowingisalistofbugsthathave(ühopefullyÇ)been
  24. cured:
  25.  
  26. *Therewereacoupleofbugswhensavingfileswhichare
  27. hopefullyfixed.Thesewhereonlyfoundwhiletesting
  28. version2.30,Idon'tknowiftheyexistedinprevious
  29. versions.Whenusingadefaultbackgroundcolourand
  30. usingasavefile,suchas'üGridÇ',theydidn'talwayssave
  31. thefilecorrectly.
  32.  
  33. *Thereiscurrentlyonlyoneknownbugintheeditor.This
  34. iswhenexitingandthecurrentfilehasbeenmodified.
  35. (See'üUserGuideÇ'forhowtogetaroundthisproblem).
  36. (Fixedv2.30-ThisbugonlyoccursinRiscOS3.10and
  37. earlierormachineswithouttheüBorderUtilsÇmoduleloaded.
  38. ThiswascuredthankstoüTechForumÇinüAcornComputings
  39. July1994Çissue).
  40.  
  41. *Whenthe'üDefaultBackgroundÇ'ischangedfromblackwill
  42. nowcorrectlysavethescreen.ThisappliestobothAnsi
  43. andBBCFontscreens.(Foundandfixed2.21).
  44.  
  45. *Whenusingthesolidboxforblocksnowerasesallthat
  46. wastherepreviously.Should have before. (Found and fixed
  47. 2.20)
  48.  
  49. *Whenpaintingthescreenwithapatternthecursor
  50. sometimesgetstrappedwithinthepatternitspainting.
  51. IfthishappensjustpresstheESCapekeyandthecommand
  52. willstopwiththemessage'üUserTerminationÇ'.(Aftera
  53. lotoftestingthisseemstohavebeencured.Inthe
  54. eventofitstillhappeningthough,theESCapekeywill
  55. stillbedetected2.20).
  56.  
  57.  *Whenloadingtheeditorbydouble-clickingonafilethe
  58. firsttimeeverythingshouldwork.Iftheeditoristhe
  59. quitandreloadedagainbydouble-clickingonafile,then
  60. Çanerrorwillbeissued.Theeditorisstillloadedbut
  61. nofileisloadedafterwards.(Nothappenedforalong
  62. timesopresumed fixed - 2.20)
  63.  
  64. Ç*Ifafilegreaterthan32linesisloaded,thenwillnot
  65. beheldcorrectlybytheeditor.Thismaybefixedata
  66. laterdate.(TheonlyrealisticfixforBASIC2.20)
  67.  
  68. *Whenusing'üDefaultBackgroundÇ',afterthebackgrounds
  69. colourischangedthenullcharactersarechangedto
  70. spaces.Thismeansifthecommandis doneagainit
  71. wouldnotchangeanycharacters.Thisbugexistedin
  72. earlier versionsbutwasneverfoundorreported.Any
  73. commandsusingthe'üDefault BackgroundÇ'colourshould
  74. stillusethenewlyselectedcolour. (Fixed 2.20)
  75.  
  76. *Sometimeswhensavingfileswithafontgarbageappearson
  77. thescreen.Inowaboutthisbugandhopefullyitwillbe
  78. curedinalaterversion.Totrytoremovetheannoyance
  79. toomuchofthisproblemthefontissavedfirstandthen
  80. aMODEorclearscreensequenceissenttoclearanyof
  81. thegarbagefromthescreen.Thisonlyseemstooccurwhen
  82. smallfonts areloadedbydraggingthemtotheiconbar.
  83. Forexamplefilesofsay 950byteswilloftencausethis
  84. problem.Ifthesefilesareloadedvia    theresources
  85. windowthentheyappeartoloadokay.(FixedIhopeü2.10Ç)
  86.  
  87. *Iftwocursorkeysarepressedtogethersometimesgetsthe
  88. keywrong. (Fixed ü2.10Ç)
  89.  
  90. *Ifwhiledrawing,acursorkeyishelddownsoitauto
  91. repeatsandisthenreleased,occasionallyablank
  92. characterisdisplayedafterthekeyhasbeenreleased.
  93. (Fixedü2.10Ç)
  94.  
  95. *Sometimeswhileacursorkeyishelddownmissespartof
  96. thelineinthemiddleofwhatisbeendrawn.(Fixed 2.10)
  97.  
  98. *Helproutine(üALT&HÇ)causedamemoryerrorbecauseit
  99. repeatedlycalled itself.(Fixedü2.04Ç)
  100.  
  101. *Anumberofbugsdealingwithsavingfilesas'üAnsiÇ'and
  102. 'üScreenÇ'have beencorrected.(Fixedü2.04Ç)
  103.  
  104. *A'üAnsiDisp$DirÇ'leftinwhichstoppedtheprogramworker.
  105. Thisneverhappenedonmymachineastheeditorandthe
  106. displayerresideinthesame directory.(Fixedü2.03Ç)
  107.  
  108. *Ifafilewassavedwiththe'üArchivedÇ'optionswitchedon
  109. andtheeditorwasinanarchivetheeditorsuccessfully
  110. messedthearchiveup.(Fixedü2.04Ç)
  111.  
  112. *WhenselectingthesavemenuwithüAlt&SÇ,ifthe
  113. followingmenusareselectedusingthecursorkeys,did
  114. notalwaysselecttherightmenu.(Fixedü2.02Ç)
  115.  
  116. Ç*Whenprinting/clearingascreenfromthedesktop,ifthe
  117. screenisswappedpartwaythroughwouldfinishcommandon
  118. theswappedscreen.(Fixedü2.02Ç)
  119.  
  120. *Whiletestingthesavingofpaletteswithfiles,the
  121. palettebecamecorruptwhenthefilewasreloaded.I
  122. believethisbughasbeenfixed,butifafterafilewith
  123. apalettehasbeenloadedstrangecharactersstartto
  124. appear,justreloadthepaletteseparatelyusingoneof
  125. the'üLoad PaletteÇ'optionsandthepaletteshouldbe
  126. fixed.(Fixedü2.02Ç)
  127.  
  128. *Occasionallythemenusystemsfailstoredrawthescreen
  129. andremovethemenu.IfthishappenssimplypressüAlt&KÇ
  130. toredrawthescreen.Ifitcontinuallydoesthisthen
  131. reloadtheeditoranditshouldstop.(Thishasnot
  132. happenedforamonthorso.Fixedü2.02Ç)
  133.  
  134. *Tabkeysdon'tpositionthemselvescorrectly.(Fixed)
  135.  
  136. *Drawingcornersandacrossexistinglinescauses
  137. 'üflutterÇ'.(Fixedhopefully)
  138.  
  139. *Theauto-repeatdelayistoshortwhenusingfunctionkeys
  140. f1tof8.(Fixed)
  141.  
  142. *Washandpaintroutinesdon'talwayswashorpaintthe
  143. rightarea.(Fixed)
  144.  
  145. *TheSaveasSpriteoptionshouldnotbeused,itwillnot
  146. beincludedinfuturereleaseduetomemoryallocation
  147. problems.Thesavescreenimagewillbemaintained.(The
  148. memoryallocationproblemwassolvedsothefeaturewas
  149. keptandcanbeused).
  150.  
  151. *Theinsertoptiondoesnotcorrectlyinsertcharacters.
  152. (Nowimplemented)
  153.  
  154. *TheüCAPSLOCKÇkeydoesnotwork.TheüSHIFTÇkeyworksfine.
  155. (Nowimplementedbutseeabove).
  156.  
  157. *Whensavingdonottakenoticeofthepercentagesignas
  158. itsometimesgetsit wrong.IsavedafileasAnsiandat
  159. 25percentcompleteitstopped.(Fixed)
  160.  
  161. *Didnotalwayssavethelastcharacterofalineifthere
  162. whereblankcharactersbeforeit.(Fixed).
  163.  
  164. *Canclickaboveacolourorlinetypeatthetopofthe
  165. screenandthinksyouareclickingontopthechoice.
  166. (Fixed)
  167.  
  168. Ç*TheüCAPSLOCKÇkeyhasnowbeenimplemented.Howeverifthe
  169. üCAPSÇkeyishelddowntheinternalflagmaygetconfused
  170. orifüCAPSÇisoffwhentheeditorisentereditmayalso
  171. getconfused.IftheeditorisexitedandtheüCAPSÇstatus
  172. ischangedwhileinthedesktopandcorrectedbeforere-
  173. enteringthenthiswillalsoconfusetheüCAPSÇflag.(These
  174. willhopefullybecorrectedlater).(Nowfixed).
  175.  
  176. *Whenusingthepaintandwashfeaturesifeitherisdone
  177. andtheoperationisrepeatedthenforsomereasonthe
  178. additionaloperationscantake50%+timeslonger.Ifthis
  179. happensandtheprogramisleftthenitwillreturn.This
  180. isespeciallynoticeableandworryingifalargeareais
  181. beendone.(Ifthecurrentsquareisthesamecolourand
  182. characteraswillbewashedorpaintedthenthiscommand
  183. isimmediatelyexited.Thiscurestheproblem.)
  184.  
  185. *Thedetailsforthefileinfoalwaysusedtobewrongfor
  186. thedateandtimewhenrununderRiscOS3.Thisoccured
  187. becauseofthewayIgainthefiledetails.Thiswillnow
  188. workcorrectlyunderRiscOS3,butIsuspectitwillno
  189. longerworkcorrectlyunderRiscOS2.Idon'tseethisas
  190. aproblemsincethemajorityofuserswillupgradethere
  191. OperatingSystemsanyway.
  192.  
  193. *Aproblemhasarisenwhenusingthefunctionskeys.Ifa
  194. keyf1-f8ishelddownandmultiplycharactersprinted,
  195. whenthekeyisreleasedagainthecursorflashesvery
  196. fastandthenafterashorttimesreturnstonormal.Ifa
  197. keyispressedwhilethecursorisflashingquicklythe
  198. keythenmovesveryfast.Ifyouwaituntilthecursor
  199. slowsdownallwillreturntonormal.(Fixed)
  200.  
  201. *Whenexitingtheeditortothedesktopthecursorkeys
  202. stopworking.Atemporaryfixistoissuea'*FX4'
  203. commandfromthecommandlineortoexittheeditoror
  204. clickon'*fx4'onthemenu.Thisiscurrentlybeen
  205. lookedat.(Hopefullyfixedbutthe'*fx4'optionwillbe
  206. stayingforthetimebeing.)
  207.  
  208. *Thelinedrawingproceduresometimespicksonthewrong
  209. boxpiece.(Hopefullynowworkscorrectly.)
  210.  
  211. *DuetotheprogramnowusingSYScommandstogainaccess
  212. tofileinformationitdoesnotcurrentlydisplaythe
  213. correctdateandtime.Thisisdefaultedto'ü12:00:00Ç'on
  214. the'ü1stJanuary1992Ç'.Thiswasdonetoremovetheneed
  215. foratemporaryfileandsoincreasefileaccesscommands.
  216. (Hopefullythiswillbecuredinalaterversion).(No
  217. longerusestheSYScallsbutusesmyownroutinesagain).
  218.  
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  236.  
  237. IcanalsobecontactedviatheOdysseybulletinboardif
  238. youhaveanycomments,bugs,improvementsorsuggestionsfor
  239. possiblefuturefeatures.
  240.  
  241. Idolistentousersproblemsandrequests.Thatiswhy
  242. thisapplicationwaswritteninthefirstplace.Changes
  243. havebeenmadeinthepastduetousersproblemsifthey
  244. havebeenpossible.
  245. 
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  247. ThisprogramhasbeentestedonaBBCA3000withRiscOS3,
  248. 4MbRAM,ARM3andaWatfordElectronics20MbInternalIDE
  249. HardDisk.
  250.  
  251. ThisapplicationhasbeenwrittenhowIthinkitshould
  252. work,ifyouwantsomethingchangingthentellme,don't
  253. justsittheregrumblingtoyourself.Ifyouwantafeature
  254. addingthenstilltellme.Thatistheonlywaythis
  255. applicationcanevolveintosomethingthatisapleasureto
  256. use.
  257.  
  258. (c)1992 - 1994 Darran Hillerby.
  259.  
  260. ëIMPORTANTNOTEÇ
  261.  
  262. YoumayüNOTÇchangethisapplicationoruseüANYÇpartofitin
  263. anyotherproductswithoutmyapproval.Itishowever
  264. 'üFREEWAREÇ'soitmaybecopiedfreely(withüALLÇfiles
  265. included),butnotforanyprofit.Thissoftwareis
  266. provided'üASISÇ'.Usingitisentirelyatyourownrisk.
  267.  
  268. Refer to 'üCopyrightÇ' for full legal details.
  269.  
  270.