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- Change notes for Texx Version 0.2.1 -- 08/25/92
-
- Texx Version 0.2.1 is the newest version of Texx available as of 08/25/92.
- Texx Version 0.2.1 is a maintenance release of Version 0.2.1. This version
- expands on Version 0.1. In addition, several bugs in Version 0.1 have been fixed.
-
- Bugs fixed:
-
- 1. When Texx is in the foreground and is executing an exec, the EXEC menu is
- highlighted. If the exec contains an external command that causes the
- targeted application to be brought to the foreground, the application's
- menu is obscured by the highlighted EXEC menu. Although the problem is
- with the Mac OS, a workaround has been incorporated and menus now
- appear as they should.
-
- 2. When a Texx exec sends Texx a DO SCRIPT external command, Texx would
- time out and RC would contain an error, even though the exec from the
- DO SCRIPT command would execute. This has now been fixed. When Texx
- receives a DO SCRIPT command from itself, Texx will open the requested
- file and return a successful return code if the file was opened successfully.
- The new exec will not execute until the original exec terminates.
-
- 3. While Texx is 32-bit clean, there is an assembly language routine that
- steps though memory blocks. Due to an oversight, this routine did not
- account for 32-bit memory block headers. This is now fixed and Texx is
- now 100% 32-bit compatible.
-
- 4. Under some obscure circumstances, Texx incorrectly disposed of the
- wrong memory block which caused abends or other strange occurances.
- This has now been fixed.
-
- 5. Numerous spelling mistakes in the manual have been corrected. In addition,
- the manual has been broken up into 2 parts and has created in MacWrite
- format. To reduce download time, I am not including a Microsoft Word
- formatted manual. If you want a Word formatted manual, drop me a line and
- I'll upload one.
-
- 6. Version 0.2 generated an addressing exception when running on a 68000 cpu.
- 68020/030/040 cpus do not generate the addressing exception, but the bug
- resulted in the possiblity of an exec's symbol table not fully purging after
- executing. This new version, 0.2.1 corrects this error.
-
- New features:
-
- 1. Stems are now supported. Stems are Texx's version of arrays. Stems are
- extremely flexible and powerful. Chapter 1 of the manual describes stems
- under the heading COMPOUND SYMBOLS.
-
- 2. Several built-in functions are now supported. The supported functions are
- a small subset of the planned functions for future releases.
-
- 3. Several routines have been re-written to improve speed and improve the
- language flexibility.
-
- 4. The Profile.Exec and Shutdown.Exec files are now more useful and serve
- better as examples of the new Texx features.