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- Hi Folks,
-
- We have three different machines building 1.99p6, so within a few
- hours we should have the first 1.99p6 binaries built. However, 1.99p6
- will require a new System file and a new Browser, so putting together
- the actual 1.99p6 releases will still take a bunch of time, and then
- they have to be minimally tested, so I don't think you'll see 1.99p6
- before late tonight, but you'll probably see it by tomorrow morning
- (U.S. times).
-
- In the meantime, I'm trying to get caught up on my e-mail. I don't
- necessarily answer my e-mail in the order in which it's received, but
- I do try to answer everything that requires an answer, so don't be
- upset if you see me answer someone else's question before I get to
- yours.
-
- Here are the changes that 1.99p6 has that I can think of off the top
- of my head or can find in one of our log files:
-
- Executor/NEXTSTEP/Motorola support
-
- Browser changes:
-
- zoom boxes
-
- when you open a folder that's already open it doesn't
- create a new window unless you have the Control key down
-
- If you have the option key down when you open a folder,
- the parent is closed
-
- Delete will now delete the file or folder that is
- currently selected
-
- The "Are you sure you want to ..." Alert no longer beeps
- when it comes up
-
- two column listing mode was broken, so it was removed
-
- duplicates are no longer allowed in the hot band
-
- get info on a volume tells how big the volume is and how
- much free space is left
-
- If you move/copy a file in listing mode it no longer creates
- an icon in a field of listings
-
- Cmd-Shift-2 does the equivalent of a check for disks after
- the disk is mounted
-
- Z cursor is turned on when a folder is being opened
-
- "Check for disks" and "Format Disk" are no longer adjacent
-
- When you try to format a floppy that isn't already in Mac
- format you no longer get a confused volume name on the
- screen (e.g. "Do you really want to format dfdaaaaazz")
-
- The about box menu item is now "About Browser" instead of
- "About Go"
-
- makehfv properly recognizes when it is unable to create an HFV
- due to I/O errors or running out of space
-
- A few bug fixes that affect PageMaker 4.2 (and maybe 5.0):
-
- hiliting large text no longer confused
-
- cruft no longer left on screen after dismissing pop-up box
-
- (hmmm... I think there was another, but I can't remember it)
-
- E/L/ELF uses a memory layout that no longer upsets with
- Spaceward Ho
-
- Some keyboard characters that were wrong in DOS and Linux have
- been fixed
-
- Executor won't crash if you let it sit for 10 minutes at the
- splash screen
-
- "-photo" has been replaced with four new checkboxes:
- pretend help
- pretend alias
- pretend edition
- and pretend script
- These things are remembered in configuration files, so you aren't
- stuck in a particular mode like you used to be with "-photo" (i.e.
- if you used "-photo", Photoshop would try to work, but Word would
- fail). This allows us to supply configuration files for Photoshop
- and GIFconverter (more too, later)
-
- Double-clicking on Stuffit documents should automatically have them
- opened up when Stuffit starts. Quark XPress, too
-
- Desktop Textures III works
-
- Desktop textures doesn't crash when run in black and white mode
-
- RAM check no longer crashes when you pull down a menu
-
- We no longer use the PostScript Level 2 "rectclip" operator, so
- the PostScript that Executor generates should print on more printers
- and filters (ZScript, for instance)
-
- The bug that prevented black and white icons from being drawn in
- dialog boxes has been fixed
-
- Unexpected ROMlib_error is no longer generated when you try to
- save a file directly to your DOS drive (although you still need
- to be aware of 8.3 limitations)
-
- disabled default buttons no longer have black frames
-
- CyberGif has the right colors
-
- "-nodrivesearch" under Linux will bypass the standard examination
- of /dev/fd0 and /dev/cdrom
-
- One area that I had hoped to make more progress on was Photoshop 3. I
- was naively hoping that one particular fix would cure many problems,
- but it turned out that although the fix was needed, it didn't help
- Photoshop 3 much at all. We'll try to look at it after 1.99p6 is out.
-
- BTW, we recently purchased a 4 gig disk so we'll be able to test
- Executor under Windows NT (thanks to Chris Hedberg) and have room make
- our CD-ROM master and have more room for an expanded testing library.
- We still have to purchase our CD-R (CD-ROM Recorder) though.
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
-
-