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Change notes for Texx Version 0.2.1 -- 08/25/92
Texx Version 0.2.1 is the newest version of Texx available as of 08/25/92.
Texx Version 0.2.1 is a maintenance release of Version 0.2.1. This version
expands on Version 0.1. In addition, several bugs in Version 0.1 have been fixed.
Bugs fixed:
1. When Texx is in the foreground and is executing an exec, the EXEC menu is
highlighted. If the exec contains an external command that causes the
targeted application to be brought to the foreground, the application's
menu is obscured by the highlighted EXEC menu. Although the problem is
with the Mac OS, a workaround has been incorporated and menus now
appear as they should.
2. When a Texx exec sends Texx a DO SCRIPT external command, Texx would
time out and RC would contain an error, even though the exec from the
DO SCRIPT command would execute. This has now been fixed. When Texx
receives a DO SCRIPT command from itself, Texx will open the requested
file and return a successful return code if the file was opened successfully.
The new exec will not execute until the original exec terminates.
3. While Texx is 32-bit clean, there is an assembly language routine that
steps though memory blocks. Due to an oversight, this routine did not
account for 32-bit memory block headers. This is now fixed and Texx is
now 100% 32-bit compatible.
4. Under some obscure circumstances, Texx incorrectly disposed of the
wrong memory block which caused abends or other strange occurances.
This has now been fixed.
5. Numerous spelling mistakes in the manual have been corrected. In addition,
the manual has been broken up into 2 parts and has created in MacWrite
format. To reduce download time, I am not including a Microsoft Word
formatted manual. If you want a Word formatted manual, drop me a line and
I'll upload one.
6. Version 0.2 generated an addressing exception when running on a 68000 cpu.
68020/030/040 cpus do not generate the addressing exception, but the bug
resulted in the possiblity of an exec's symbol table not fully purging after
executing. This new version, 0.2.1 corrects this error.
New features:
1. Stems are now supported. Stems are Texx's version of arrays. Stems are
extremely flexible and powerful. Chapter 1 of the manual describes stems
under the heading COMPOUND SYMBOLS.
2. Several built-in functions are now supported. The supported functions are
a small subset of the planned functions for future releases.
3. Several routines have been re-written to improve speed and improve the
language flexibility.
4. The Profile.Exec and Shutdown.Exec files are now more useful and serve
better as examples of the new Texx features.