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- EE v0.7, rev 16b - ReadmeFirst.txt doc
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-
- First, let me apologize to everyone for releasing an unfinished project.
- EE was supposed to showcase some of the awesome potential of the E
- language...but due to some bad circumstances I haven't been able to
- touch it for some time. Hence, some features in EE are still unstable.
- I shall list those here so you'll know what to look out for.
-
- BUT...there is a good side to this! If I'd had more time to finish EE,
- you would be getting E v3.0 much later!! :) :) So...tis a mixed
- blessing, methinks.
-
- If this intro scares you, then I say, "Good!" Now it's over, lemme say
- I've been using EE with little bad side effects for quite some time,
- and although my dilligent betatesters have identified many bugs (most
- of which are annoyances, only a handfull really dangerous) EE is still
- very usable if you know what to avoid.
-
- Listed here are the dangerous and/or most commonly encountered problems:
-
- - DON'T run EE on a 68000. It'll crash during startup. My 68000
- betatester quit on me, and I failed to test new features (!@#$%^&*)
- My apologies, I'll fix this in a couple of weeks when I get more
- free time. --|:|-- <--(right, Lionel? :)
-
- - DON'T attempt to load binary files, EE will crash.
-
- - Avoid storing macros that have strings in them (like those from
- Find, Loadfile, etc. Experiment with caution, sometimes these
- macros won't work when loaded from file, and sometimes they cause
- crashes.
-
- - Avoid sudden mouse moves and fast repetitive clicking while selecting
- text. This does funny things to my event handler, and causes mouse
- selection to quit working.
-
- - Macros are very new and very experimental. Save your work before
- playing around with them.
-
- - ARexx looks like it's a feature, but it's not. Due more than one
- problem, it was removed temporarily.
-
- - ReplaceSelected function appears as a separate function in the guide,
- and in the PrefsEditor utility. This an oversight on my part...I
- forgot to change the docs after renovating the Find/Replace functions.
- This function has been obsolesced...it is now inherent in the Replace
- function. If a block is selected when Replace is invoked, the
- hilighted text is automatically picked up. FindSelected, on the
- other hand, must be a separate function since Find can be used to
- extend a selected block. Hope this clears up any confusion. (Thanks,
- Lionel!)
-
- - ShowEditorInfo function used to be called ShowResources function.
- The docs are out of date.
-
- These problems will be taken care of soon as possible and a new distro
- will be released. Please feel free to send bug reports. The more info
- I get, the better armed I am to exterminate! >:)
-
- And above all, HAVE FUN!!! =)
-
- Thus endeth the period of fingernail biting.
-
- -- Barry
-