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- ëAnsiEdit v2.30
- Ç
- Version2.30of'üAnsiEditÇ',isintendedasthelastrelease
- forthisyear.Thereareplansfornewfeaturesforthe
- editor,butthereareotherthingsIwouldliketodo,after
- all,theeditorshasnowentereditsthirdyearof
- developmentandthefourthyearformedevelopingANSI
- programs!!!!!(üWow!!doesn'ttimeflywhenyourenjoying
- yourselfÇ)
-
- The following is a list of known bugs:
-
- éüTherearecurrentlynoknownbugsintheeditor.However,
- thisdoesn'tmeantherearen'tanyatall,justthatI
- don'tknowaboutthem.
- Ç
- Thefollowingisalistofbugsthathave(ühopefullyÇ)been
- cured:
-
- *Therewereacoupleofbugswhensavingfileswhichare
- hopefullyfixed.Thesewhereonlyfoundwhiletesting
- version2.30,Idon'tknowiftheyexistedinprevious
- versions.Whenusingadefaultbackgroundcolourand
- usingasavefile,suchas'üGridÇ',theydidn'talwayssave
- thefilecorrectly.
-
- *Thereiscurrentlyonlyoneknownbugintheeditor.This
- iswhenexitingandthecurrentfilehasbeenmodified.
- (See'üUserGuideÇ'forhowtogetaroundthisproblem).
- (Fixedv2.30-ThisbugonlyoccursinRiscOS3.10and
- earlierormachineswithouttheüBorderUtilsÇmoduleloaded.
- ThiswascuredthankstoüTechForumÇinüAcornComputings
- July1994Çissue).
-
- *Whenthe'üDefaultBackgroundÇ'ischangedfromblackwill
- nowcorrectlysavethescreen.ThisappliestobothAnsi
- andBBCFontscreens.(Foundandfixed2.21).
-
- *Whenusingthesolidboxforblocksnowerasesallthat
- wastherepreviously.Should have before. (Found and fixed
- 2.20)
-
- *Whenpaintingthescreenwithapatternthecursor
- sometimesgetstrappedwithinthepatternitspainting.
- IfthishappensjustpresstheESCapekeyandthecommand
- willstopwiththemessage'üUserTerminationÇ'.(Aftera
- lotoftestingthisseemstohavebeencured.Inthe
- eventofitstillhappeningthough,theESCapekeywill
- stillbedetected2.20).
-
- *Whenloadingtheeditorbydouble-clickingonafilethe
- firsttimeeverythingshouldwork.Iftheeditoristhe
- quitandreloadedagainbydouble-clickingonafile,then
- Çanerrorwillbeissued.Theeditorisstillloadedbut
- nofileisloadedafterwards.(Nothappenedforalong
- timesopresumed fixed - 2.20)
-
- Ç*Ifafilegreaterthan32linesisloaded,thenwillnot
- beheldcorrectlybytheeditor.Thismaybefixedata
- laterdate.(TheonlyrealisticfixforBASIC2.20)
-
- *Whenusing'üDefaultBackgroundÇ',afterthebackgrounds
- colourischangedthenullcharactersarechangedto
- spaces.Thismeansifthecommandis doneagainit
- wouldnotchangeanycharacters.Thisbugexistedin
- earlier versionsbutwasneverfoundorreported.Any
- commandsusingthe'üDefault BackgroundÇ'colourshould
- stillusethenewlyselectedcolour. (Fixed 2.20)
-
- *Sometimeswhensavingfileswithafontgarbageappearson
- thescreen.Inowaboutthisbugandhopefullyitwillbe
- curedinalaterversion.Totrytoremovetheannoyance
- toomuchofthisproblemthefontissavedfirstandthen
- aMODEorclearscreensequenceissenttoclearanyof
- thegarbagefromthescreen.Thisonlyseemstooccurwhen
- smallfonts areloadedbydraggingthemtotheiconbar.
- Forexamplefilesofsay 950byteswilloftencausethis
- problem.Ifthesefilesareloadedvia theresources
- windowthentheyappeartoloadokay.(FixedIhopeü2.10Ç)
-
- *Iftwocursorkeysarepressedtogethersometimesgetsthe
- keywrong. (Fixed ü2.10Ç)
-
- *Ifwhiledrawing,acursorkeyishelddownsoitauto
- repeatsandisthenreleased,occasionallyablank
- characterisdisplayedafterthekeyhasbeenreleased.
- (Fixedü2.10Ç)
-
- *Sometimeswhileacursorkeyishelddownmissespartof
- thelineinthemiddleofwhatisbeendrawn.(Fixed 2.10)
-
- *Helproutine(üALT&HÇ)causedamemoryerrorbecauseit
- repeatedlycalled itself.(Fixedü2.04Ç)
-
- *Anumberofbugsdealingwithsavingfilesas'üAnsiÇ'and
- 'üScreenÇ'have beencorrected.(Fixedü2.04Ç)
-
- *A'üAnsiDisp$DirÇ'leftinwhichstoppedtheprogramworker.
- Thisneverhappenedonmymachineastheeditorandthe
- displayerresideinthesame directory.(Fixedü2.03Ç)
-
- *Ifafilewassavedwiththe'üArchivedÇ'optionswitchedon
- andtheeditorwasinanarchivetheeditorsuccessfully
- messedthearchiveup.(Fixedü2.04Ç)
-
- *WhenselectingthesavemenuwithüAlt&SÇ,ifthe
- followingmenusareselectedusingthecursorkeys,did
- notalwaysselecttherightmenu.(Fixedü2.02Ç)
-
- Ç*Whenprinting/clearingascreenfromthedesktop,ifthe
- screenisswappedpartwaythroughwouldfinishcommandon
- theswappedscreen.(Fixedü2.02Ç)
-
- *Whiletestingthesavingofpaletteswithfiles,the
- palettebecamecorruptwhenthefilewasreloaded.I
- believethisbughasbeenfixed,butifafterafilewith
- apalettehasbeenloadedstrangecharactersstartto
- appear,justreloadthepaletteseparatelyusingoneof
- the'üLoad PaletteÇ'optionsandthepaletteshouldbe
- fixed.(Fixedü2.02Ç)
-
- *Occasionallythemenusystemsfailstoredrawthescreen
- andremovethemenu.IfthishappenssimplypressüAlt&KÇ
- toredrawthescreen.Ifitcontinuallydoesthisthen
- reloadtheeditoranditshouldstop.(Thishasnot
- happenedforamonthorso.Fixedü2.02Ç)
-
- *Tabkeysdon'tpositionthemselvescorrectly.(Fixed)
-
- *Drawingcornersandacrossexistinglinescauses
- 'üflutterÇ'.(Fixedhopefully)
-
- *Theauto-repeatdelayistoshortwhenusingfunctionkeys
- f1tof8.(Fixed)
-
- *Washandpaintroutinesdon'talwayswashorpaintthe
- rightarea.(Fixed)
-
- *TheSaveasSpriteoptionshouldnotbeused,itwillnot
- beincludedinfuturereleaseduetomemoryallocation
- problems.Thesavescreenimagewillbemaintained.(The
- memoryallocationproblemwassolvedsothefeaturewas
- keptandcanbeused).
-
- *Theinsertoptiondoesnotcorrectlyinsertcharacters.
- (Nowimplemented)
-
- *TheüCAPSLOCKÇkeydoesnotwork.TheüSHIFTÇkeyworksfine.
- (Nowimplementedbutseeabove).
-
- *Whensavingdonottakenoticeofthepercentagesignas
- itsometimesgetsit wrong.IsavedafileasAnsiandat
- 25percentcompleteitstopped.(Fixed)
-
- *Didnotalwayssavethelastcharacterofalineifthere
- whereblankcharactersbeforeit.(Fixed).
-
- *Canclickaboveacolourorlinetypeatthetopofthe
- screenandthinksyouareclickingontopthechoice.
- (Fixed)
-
- Ç*TheüCAPSLOCKÇkeyhasnowbeenimplemented.Howeverifthe
- üCAPSÇkeyishelddowntheinternalflagmaygetconfused
- orifüCAPSÇisoffwhentheeditorisentereditmayalso
- getconfused.IftheeditorisexitedandtheüCAPSÇstatus
- ischangedwhileinthedesktopandcorrectedbeforere-
- enteringthenthiswillalsoconfusetheüCAPSÇflag.(These
- willhopefullybecorrectedlater).(Nowfixed).
-
- *Whenusingthepaintandwashfeaturesifeitherisdone
- andtheoperationisrepeatedthenforsomereasonthe
- additionaloperationscantake50%+timeslonger.Ifthis
- happensandtheprogramisleftthenitwillreturn.This
- isespeciallynoticeableandworryingifalargeareais
- beendone.(Ifthecurrentsquareisthesamecolourand
- characteraswillbewashedorpaintedthenthiscommand
- isimmediatelyexited.Thiscurestheproblem.)
-
- *Thedetailsforthefileinfoalwaysusedtobewrongfor
- thedateandtimewhenrununderRiscOS3.Thisoccured
- becauseofthewayIgainthefiledetails.Thiswillnow
- workcorrectlyunderRiscOS3,butIsuspectitwillno
- longerworkcorrectlyunderRiscOS2.Idon'tseethisas
- aproblemsincethemajorityofuserswillupgradethere
- OperatingSystemsanyway.
-
- *Aproblemhasarisenwhenusingthefunctionskeys.Ifa
- keyf1-f8ishelddownandmultiplycharactersprinted,
- whenthekeyisreleasedagainthecursorflashesvery
- fastandthenafterashorttimesreturnstonormal.Ifa
- keyispressedwhilethecursorisflashingquicklythe
- keythenmovesveryfast.Ifyouwaituntilthecursor
- slowsdownallwillreturntonormal.(Fixed)
-
- *Whenexitingtheeditortothedesktopthecursorkeys
- stopworking.Atemporaryfixistoissuea'*FX4'
- commandfromthecommandlineortoexittheeditoror
- clickon'*fx4'onthemenu.Thisiscurrentlybeen
- lookedat.(Hopefullyfixedbutthe'*fx4'optionwillbe
- stayingforthetimebeing.)
-
- *Thelinedrawingproceduresometimespicksonthewrong
- boxpiece.(Hopefullynowworkscorrectly.)
-
- *DuetotheprogramnowusingSYScommandstogainaccess
- tofileinformationitdoesnotcurrentlydisplaythe
- correctdateandtime.Thisisdefaultedto'ü12:00:00Ç'on
- the'ü1stJanuary1992Ç'.Thiswasdonetoremovetheneed
- foratemporaryfileandsoincreasefileaccesscommands.
- (Hopefullythiswillbecuredinalaterversion).(No
- longerusestheSYScallsbutusesmyownroutinesagain).
-
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- Idolistentousersproblemsandrequests.Thatiswhy
- thisapplicationwaswritteninthefirstplace.Changes
- havebeenmadeinthepastduetousersproblemsifthey
- havebeenpossible.
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- ThisprogramhasbeentestedonaBBCA3000withRiscOS3,
- 4MbRAM,ARM3andaWatfordElectronics20MbInternalIDE
- HardDisk.
-
- ThisapplicationhasbeenwrittenhowIthinkitshould
- work,ifyouwantsomethingchangingthentellme,don't
- justsittheregrumblingtoyourself.Ifyouwantafeature
- addingthenstilltellme.Thatistheonlywaythis
- applicationcanevolveintosomethingthatisapleasureto
- use.
-
- (c)1992 - 1994 Darran Hillerby.
-
- ëIMPORTANTNOTEÇ
-
- YoumayüNOTÇchangethisapplicationoruseüANYÇpartofitin
- anyotherproductswithoutmyapproval.Itishowever
- 'üFREEWAREÇ'soitmaybecopiedfreely(withüALLÇfiles
- included),butnotforanyprofit.Thissoftwareis
- provided'üASISÇ'.Usingitisentirelyatyourownrisk.
-
- Refer to 'üCopyrightÇ' for full legal details.
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