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From: Joe C. <har...@co...> - 2004-04-28 06:45:50
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Hi all,
Here's the next release of Edit, version 0.81. I've gotten a lot of =
bugs/enhancements/etc...so here's the list and my reaction to some of =
them:
1) Default of check case in Search differs.
-- Oh well, if you want it to match case, check the box =
yourself...but i'm not going to have edit do that automatically.
2) Title bar mentions 0.7a, but not 0.8.
-- If you want to know what version you're using, go to Help|About.
3) Calendar doesn't mention Close =3D Ctrl+F4.
-- It doesnt have to. Neither do any of the other windows...does it =
mean I should put that message on EVERY SINGLE WINDOW??? No. If you're =
a keyboard user, you should know by now that you close windows with =
Ctrl+F4.
4) Edit's help is not updated.
-- It is now.
5) Readme needs to be fixed.
-- It is.
6) EDIT 0.7a displays this as OVER and INS respectively.
-- Oh well, deal with it.
7) The 102key keyboard detection is broken in 0.8, so AltGr does not =
work.
-- Fixed in 0.81.
8) The status bar clock uses NLS in 0.7a but hardcodes hh:mmam/pm in 0.8 =
only.
-- Reinstated in 0.81.
9) The ^P ^something and direct ^something control char typing are =
broken in 0.8 (former creates strange effects, latter is not supported =
at all).
-- Reinstated in 0.81.
10)EDIT 0.8 help only documents Ctrl/Shift Ins/Del but the drop down =
menu mentions Ctrl C/K/V. The editor seems to support both variants (as =
EDIT 0.7a did). =20
-- Fixed in 0.81.
11)Help in 0.8 does not mention Ctrl-O/S/N open/save/new...
-- Fixed in 0.81.
12)EDIT 0.8 command line help no longer mentions /H "max lines on =
screen" mode.
-- That's because this was never implemented...if anyone knows how =
to do this, be my guest to send me a patch and I will implement this.
13)Help about Ctrl-F8 vs Shift-F8 is somehow confusing.
-- Fixed in 0.81. It is Ctrl+F8 for those who dont want to read the =
help.
14)Ctrl-Z as Alt-Backspace alias is missing or undocumented in 0.8.
-- Fixed in 0.81.
15)I believe that EDIT 0.8 hooks IRQ handlers for the keyboard again,
which makes crashes worse if they happen. EDIT 0.7a explicitly avoids
hooking IRQ handlers.
-- Not anymore...I switched to Eric's functions for keyboard and =
timer, so Edit no longer uses the BIOS to hook the timer or the keyboard =
in 0.81.
16)If you try to save to CD-ROM and select cancel when you get the error
message, EDIT 0.8 crashes (illegal opcode in EMM386). EDIT 0.7a =
handles
the problem properly.
-- Fixed in 0.81
and last but not least....
17)Trying to save as X:foo.txt (type X:foo.txt in filename field) =
silently
saves to current drive / directory foo.txt in EDIT 0.8 but is =
properly
interpreted (with error message if X: does not exist) in EDIT 0.7a.
-- EDIT 0.7A DOES NOT HANDLE THIS PROPERLY. IT WILL BE FIXED IN =
0.82.
(Try this in 0.7a, open a file, go to save as..., (assuming you're on =
the C: drive), save it as X:\test.txt (if you don't have an X: drive -- =
if you do, pick a letter you dont have), it will appear in the root =
directory of C:).
Anyway, you can download Edit 0.81 from my website at =
http://www.geocities.com/xsaintx69/freedos/
Thanks,
Joe
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