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Re: OS X Pulldown Menu (Dar Scott) > 7. Re: OS X Pulldown Menu (Ken Ray) > 8. Re: OS X Pulldown Menu (Ken Ray) > 9. Windows 1.1.1B2/RC1 (Kevin Miller) > 10. Re: OS X Pulldown Menu (Kevin Miller) > 11. Re: B2 bugs properties refresh and qt in OS X (Kevin Miller) > >--__--__-- > >Message: 1 >Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 17:12:24 +0000 >Subject: Re: Option menu bug? 1.1.1 beta on Mac OS 9.21 >From: Ben Rubinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >on 24/1/02 8:10 PM, Kevin Miller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> I ran into a problem putting the literal text "/" into an option >>> menu. According to the documention, // should result in a literal >>> "/", but it only results in creating a keyboard equivalent. >>> >>> Pulldown menus don't have this problem. >> >> This is an issue with the Mac OS menu management routines. It will be >> fixed, but the fix unfortunately won't make it into 1.1.1 now. > >Grrr.. I know this an old note, but I'm still cursing about this bug, which >my users keep bugging me about. I was hoping it might be fixed in the new >beta - looking back at the archive I can see I should have known better. > >But it's _not_ an issue with the MacOS menu management routines at all. >It's a bug in Rev/MC. > >Grrr... > > Ben Rubinstein | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cognitive Applications Ltd | Phone: +44 (0)1273-821600 > http://www.cogapp.com | Fax : +44 (0)1273-728866 > > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 2 >Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 17:48:02 +0000 >Subject: script editor uncomment - small bug >From: Ben Rubinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >The uncomment routine in the script editor only operates on lines which have >two hyphens preceeded by zero or more spaces. This check seems to work >fine. But the code then simply deletes the first two characters from any >line that passes this check. > >In consequence, if you use the comment routines to comment a block of code, >and immediately uncomment, it works. Comment, then tab to reflow the code - >if the comment was inside a code construct, it will be indented by some >multiple of two spaces; so then use uncomment, and it may not work, instead >just removing two spaces at the start of each line. So you may need to >repeat the uncomment multiple times to get the lines uncommented. > >Less common but more serious, if you have an odd number of spaces before the >two hyphens, then using uncomment will (when repeated enough) leave a single >hypen, making a syntax error. > > Ben Rubinstein | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cognitive Applications Ltd | Phone: +44 (0)1273-821600 > http://www.cogapp.com | Fax : +44 (0)1273-728866 > > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 3 >Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:03:05 +0000 >Subject: 1.1.1b2 (revdb) - left-over debugging statements? >From: Ben Rubinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Running some code on MacOS9 which attempted to connect to use an ODBC DSN >set up for FileMaker, when FileMaker wasn't running (I didn't mean to, my >mouse slipped and I hit the wrong button) - the code all behaved as I'd >expect it to, but a SIOUX window appeared - initially quite long, then when >I attempted to resize, it swiftly expanded to approximately 16000 pixels >wide (measured by dragging it times across my 2304 pixel wide desktop to get >from title to left edge). The window is titled "Revolution 1.1.1b2.out" (my >copy of the Rev app is named "Revolution 1.1.1b2"). > >Text in the window: "disconnecting connection 4". > >Possibly a stray debugging/console statement left over in either the engine >or the revdb external? > >(Sadly no way to close the window except by quitting Rev.) > > Ben Rubinstein | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cognitive Applications Ltd | Phone: +44 (0)1273-821600 > http://www.cogapp.com | Fax : +44 (0)1273-728866 > > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 4 >Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:29:53 -0700 >Subject: OS X Pulldown Menu >From: Dar Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >I can't back out from a pulldown menu on OS X (Rev 1.1.1 B2). It >this the correct behavior? It makes using the dictionary a little >frustrating. > >By "back out" I mean this: I can't cancel after looking at >choices. I try to click on the menu again and I try to click at >some other point and nothing works. I have to chose a selection on >the menu. > >I'm not sure whether this is a "feature" of OS X or a bug in >Revolution. I don't think I have this problem on W2K. > >Or is there some way to cancel that I'm missing? > >Dar Scott > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 5 >From: "Ken Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: OS X Pulldown Menu >Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 16:01:57 -0600 >Organization: Sons of Thunder Software >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Dar, > >You can type the Escape key and the menu will go away. > >Ken Ray >Sons of Thunder Software >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dar Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 2:29 PM >Subject: OS X Pulldown Menu > > >> I can't back out from a pulldown menu on OS X (Rev 1.1.1 B2). It >> this the correct behavior? It makes using the dictionary a little >> frustrating. >> >> By "back out" I mean this: I can't cancel after looking at >> choices. I try to click on the menu again and I try to click at >> some other point and nothing works. I have to chose a selection on >> the menu. >> >> I'm not sure whether this is a "feature" of OS X or a bug in >> Revolution. I don't think I have this problem on W2K. >> >> Or is there some way to cancel that I'm missing? >> >> Dar Scott >> >> _______________________________________________ >> improve-revolution mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/improve-revolution >> > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 6 >Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 15:13:00 -0700 >Subject: Re: OS X Pulldown Menu >From: Dar Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >On Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at 03:01 PM, Ken Ray wrote: >> You can type the Escape key and the menu will go away. > >It works! I suppose this is the OS X behavior for pulldown. > >(Sons of Thunder... Is this James and John or some other Sons of >Thunder?) > >Dar Scott > > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 7 >From: "Ken Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: OS X Pulldown Menu >Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 16:21:18 -0600 >Organization: Sons of Thunder Software >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >BTW - This seems to be OS X only... I tested on Win2K and on Mac OS 9.2, and >both allow you to "click off" of menus and have them disappear. Is this a >Rev/MC bug, or is this "standard issue" in OS X? > >Ken Ray >Sons of Thunder Software >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dar Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 2:29 PM >Subject: OS X Pulldown Menu > > >> I can't back out from a pulldown menu on OS X (Rev 1.1.1 B2). It >> this the correct behavior? It makes using the dictionary a little >> frustrating. >> >> By "back out" I mean this: I can't cancel after looking at >> choices. I try to click on the menu again and I try to click at >> some other point and nothing works. I have to chose a selection on >> the menu. >> >> I'm not sure whether this is a "feature" of OS X or a bug in >> Revolution. I don't think I have this problem on W2K. >> >> Or is there some way to cancel that I'm missing? >> >> Dar Scott >> >> _______________________________________________ >> improve-revolution mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/improve-revolution >> > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 8 >From: "Ken Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: OS X Pulldown Menu >Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 16:22:21 -0600 >Organization: Sons of Thunder Software >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >It's James and John, alright (Mark 3:17)... > >Ken Ray >Sons of Thunder Software >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Web site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/ > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dar Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 4:13 PM >Subject: Re: OS X Pulldown Menu > > >> >> On Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at 03:01 PM, Ken Ray wrote: >> > You can type the Escape key and the menu will go away. >> >> It works! I suppose this is the OS X behavior for pulldown. >> >> (Sons of Thunder... Is this James and John or some other Sons of >> Thunder?) >> >> Dar Scott >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> improve-revolution mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/improve-revolution >> > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 9 >Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 23:29:06 +0000 >Subject: Windows 1.1.1B2/RC1 >From: Kevin Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Following on from my recent post regarding the Mac, Windows is now up at: > >http://www.runrev.com/revolution/engines11/beta111/revolution.exe > >Kevin > >Kevin Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.runrev.com/> >Runtime Revolution Limited - Power to the Developer! >Tel: +44 (0) 870 747 1165. Fax: +44 (0)1639 830 707. > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 10 >Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 12:06:35 +0000 >Subject: Re: OS X Pulldown Menu >From: Kevin Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >On 20/3/02 10:21 pm, Ken Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> BTW - This seems to be OS X only... I tested on Win2K and on Mac OS 9.2, and >> both allow you to "click off" of menus and have them disappear. Is this a >> Rev/MC bug, or is this "standard issue" in OS X? > >We are aware of this - it is an issue related to how Revolution has been >built on OS X which will be fixed in a future release but not in 1.1.1. >Thanks for the report. > >Kevin > >Kevin Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.runrev.com/> >Runtime Revolution Limited - Power to the Developer! >Tel: +44 (0) 870 747 1165. Fax: +44 (0)1639 830 707. > > >--__--__-- > >Message: 11 >Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 12:08:13 +0000 >Subject: Re: B2 bugs properties refresh and qt in OS X >From: Kevin Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >On 19/3/02 9:12 pm, Charles Silverman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> B2 is really stable compare the previous releases. I've yet to crash after >> an afternoon of using it and as a result have much more enthusiasm than >> previously. I'm using a stack that does some recording and importing which >> had constantly crashed prior to this version. > >Good. > >> Problems: >> >> 1) (Mac OS 9) There's an update problem with the property window. Although > > I've selected a fld, the property window thinks I've selected a btn, even >> though the correct fld name is displayed in the property window. > >We've fixed a whole bunch of ways for this to happen and done lots of >testing - must be another that has somehow slipped through. Let me have a >recipe? > >> 2) Mac OS X) Quicktime doesn't show movie until I go to browse mode. >> Controller is partly invisible. Controller then doesn't work, etc. > >This one we also know about and it won't be fixed in 1.1.1, but should right >after that. At present the workaround is to set the resizable of the stack >to false. > >Thanks for the reports. > >Kevin > >Kevin Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.runrev.com/> >Runtime Revolution Limited - Power to the Developer! >Tel: +44 (0) 870 747 1165. Fax: +44 (0)1639 830 707. > > > >--__--__-- > >_______________________________________________ >improve-revolution mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/improve-revolution > > >End of improve-revolution Digest
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