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EYAWTKASAWATA
(Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Spot And Weren't Afraid To Ask)
aka
Spot FAQ
$VER: Spot_FAQ 1.1 (13.8.93)
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Q. When I switch 'Check Date' on my editor comes up when I write a
message, but after saving and quitting it Spot does not put up
the message header window. What's wrong ?
A. When you use the 'Check Date' feature you must make sure your
editor does _not_ run asynchronously. Otherwise the editor is
launched in the background and Spot will immediately check the date
on the temporary file it uses. As this file won't have changed (you
haven't had the chance to do anything yet) Spot will abort the
message writing. Your editor will still be in front allowing you
to write or edit a message that will never be used, making the
whole problem very confusing.
Q. I am a CED 3.5 user and I like to use the 'Check Date' feature. But
/sometimes/ it doesn't work.
A. There is a bug in ED 3.5 the CED launcher. If CED is not running in
the background already (Hot-Start enabled on) it will ignore the -s
or -sticky flag. Use this small script to circumvent the problem:
--- cut ---
/* Small script to invoke Ced 3.5 from Spot */
/* This script is needed since there is a bug in
Ced 3.5 invoker (Ed): it ignores the '-s' flag
when Ced was not running yet. */
parse arg file .
if ~show('p','rexx_ced') then do
address command 'C:CEd -r'
address command 'WaitForPort rexx_ced'
end
address command 'C:Ed' file '-s'
--- cut ---
Q. When I press the Help key there is some disk activity, but Spot's
guide does not appear. I am however sure the guide file is in
the same directory as Spot or in the AmigaGuide guide path.
What is happening ?
A. You are using a buggy version of amigaguide.library. Make sure
you use at least version 34.6 of the library.
Q. When I perform a maintenance lots of messages get deleted. But when
I look at my Spot area files I see they are still just as large as
before the maintenance. Is this a bug ?
A. No. When you delete files on your harddisk, does your harddisk get
smaller ?
When Spot deletes a message from an area it leaves some free space,
the file size remains the same. When you consequently write or
import a new message Spot will reuse this free space. The optimize
function will make Spot reorganize all areas and will free as much
diskspace as possible. It is advised you optimize regularly.
Q. Why don't the extensions (.mo1, .sa4,...) on the outbound packets
correspond to today ?
A. Although a mail bundle might seem to be named by the weekday, it has
absolutely nothing at all to do with the day of the week. The real
date is contained within the packet header(s) inside the bundle.
The extension is simply used to keep each bundle uniquely named.
Q. Very often Spot's wait pointer does not change back to the normal
mouse pointer image. What's happening ?
A. You are most probably running QMouse. There is an incompatibility
between Spot and QMouse (probably because Spot uses new Kickstart 3.0
pointer functions). Disabling QMouse's mouseblank feature reportedly
fixes this problem (MBLANK parameter).
Q. When I try to use an AmigaDOS or ARexx script in place of the command
to unpack my mail bundles Spot freezes just before the unpacking
should occur. Is this a bug ?
A. Yes, this is a bug, but not in Spot. It turned out this problem is
the result of a bug in the RAW: and CON: devices. Luckily there is a
workaround. Simply redirect both input and output of the script to
NIL:. So use "Execute >NIL: <NIL: script" to run your script.
Don't worry, the output of the commands in the script _will_ still
appear in Spot's console window.
Q. When will the next version of Spot be released ?
A. 42