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- Hi guys,
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- I did some extensive testing with Executor/DOS 1.99m.
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- Setup : Toshiba T4400C notebook
- 486DX2/50 - 12 Mb. RAM - MSDOS 5 - 640x480x256
- Executor -nosplash -applzone 8192 -bpp 8
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- I found the following bugs; most (if not all) are browser bugs.
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- 1.
- Chipmunk Basic 3.1.0 crashes when the command 'graphics 0' is given.
- This is supposed to open the graphics window. This works with E/D 1.3
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- 2.
- PackIt III Version 1.2 hangs the system.
- This utility packs/unpacks files to/from .pit format.
- Works with previous versions like E/D 1.3
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- 3.
- Font/DA Mover does not open the system file anymore. This probably has
- to do with the fact that apparantly volumes are locked somehow (more
- on this later).
-
- 4.
- Sometimes browser does not properly show icons. Loading an app or
- restarting E/D sometimes repairs this.
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- 5.
- Create a clean volume with MKVOL. Use the browser to rename it. And then
- rename it again : ERROR -43 in PBHRename
- When Continue is clicked it is not renamed. In the ribbon it is but double
- clicking the icon gives the old name in the top bar of the drive's window.
- When E/D is restarted all is ok (name change has been done then).
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- 6.
- Rename a 'copy of file' to the original name when that original exists
- in the open folder: ERROR -48 in PBHRename.
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- 7.
- When HFS_XFer is used to rename a file to an already existing file it
- pops up a warning 'Overwrite existing...?'. When OK is clickes both
- files are gone!
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- 8.
- It is possible to have multiple copies of the same file in the ribbon.
- Not a bug I reckon but awkward.
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- 9.
- Showing files/folders in 'listing view' shows pretty incomprehensible
- information. No clue is given of the meaning of the figures. A header
- of some kind would be nice.
-
- 10.
- When HFS_Xfer is used for file manipulation on exiting the browser
- should update the desktop when changes were made.
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- 11.
- When some text is printed (in TeachText) after printing the text in
- the application's window is not shown anymore. Moving the cursor
- shows that the text is there but it is not shown (or white on white?).
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- 12.
- In the dialogue box 'Do you really want to overwrite ...' the cursor
- is the downward arrow instead of a normal pointer.
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- 13.
- When 'Do you really want to overwrite ...' is answered with OK a
- ERROR -43 in PBCatMove results. Afterwards the file in question is
- corrupt. Deleting it results in a GPF.
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- 14.
- In listing view of a folder's contents one cannot start an app by
- double clicking its entry.
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- 15.
- When a folder is selected (clicking it once) the Print otion in the
- file menu is not dimmed. Selecting it has no action however.
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- 16.
- I think that Linux users already complained that volumes are locked.
- When utilities like Font DA/Mover or FEDIT are used they cannot open
- a volume. This problem certainly is new. Some flag is set wrong.
-
- In general I should say that E/D and browser (guys; again let's come
- up with a good name for this beastie!) are getting there. Now that E/D
- has a 'face', a number of people that I have shown E/D were stunned.
-
- A general comment:
- Since ResEdit does not work and maybe will never (?) work we should have
- some sort of way to change a file's icon. Does anybody know of a utility
- for this (system 6 ofcourse!).
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- Will test more this weekend. I am glad with this notebook. It is going to
- be very nice weather. But then again; ever tried a TFT screen in the
- sunlight?
-
- Ernst
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