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On 1 Sept Acid kindly wrote...[edited]
>>> >>loop:
>>> >> a$=edit$(1)
>>> >> If a$<>"q" Then Goto loop
>>> >>
>>>
>>> >Put WBSTARTUP in your program and check it out.
>>>
>>> Tried it first, no joy. I think it`s more system`y than that.
>>>
>>I just fixed a bug in edit$ to do with window based edit$, I'll test it
>>again to make sure
I don`t think it`s that because it does the same crash in progs without edit$
I only used edit$ because I thought it would be fairly likely to be stable :)
I sure it would do the same with...
loop:
Goto loop
I`ll try it when I can get on the 2000
>>
>>> > Gadtools has a problem on older machines ie. not KS3.x where you
>>> >need to use ID's of over 50 - try that and see what happens.
>>> >
>>>
>>I posted a uuencoded upgrade to gadtools last week, one report says it is
>>better, I'd like more confirmation (from you guys perhaps?)
Must have been before I was on the list, I`ll check Aminet.
>>
>>> BUM6 came through the post. (I bought Blitz2 from Amiga Format`s special
offer
>>> several months ago) IntuiTools2 is quite useable now!!
>>> I don`t beleive I`m allowed to upload this as it`s the full working version
>>> but hows about Acid uploads an upgrade kit to AmiNet (and the rest of
the BUMs
>>> while you`re at it.) with some sort of encryption / key needed to unpack
it??
>>>
>>
>>I'd say policy from now on is anything in the EXAMPLES drawers of bums is
>>open for public abuse, not sure about the encryption thing, any one else
>>care to comment?
Okeydokey, what about the luveley IntuiTools though?
>>
>>> While I`m here (and may have the attention of someone at Acid)
>>> Any chance of getting the compiler to run from CED (or similar) (btw
>>> what`s the point of tokenised script files,
>>> they seem to take up almost as much disc
space
>>> and can`t be read by anything else ?)
>>> Has anyone got results back from ARexx commands (like
ADPRO_RESULT??)
>>> apart from writing them to ENV vars and
>>> opening them
>>> as DOS files (Kludge-tastic)
>>> Oh yes, ASLRequesters within Functions seem to lock up big time (?).
>>> ...and many, mant more
>>
>>Hmmm, 1, tokenising does speed up compiling, loading and saving, Blitz3
>>will DEFINATELY support other editors. 2. i have never had any problems
>>with ARexx and adpro, what are you trying to do?
Like trying to get RC (0 or non zero) back from a "OKAY2" command with the
actual SendArexxConnad and .... Untill ...RexxEvent....=RexxMessage stuff
inside a Function? (I like Functions!)
>>As for ASLRequesters in
>>functions I';ll look into it,
>>
>>WARNING TO LIBRARY WRITERS, PLEASE RETURN A4 AS YOU FOUND IT, OTHERWISE
>>YOUR COMMANDS WILL NOT WORK INSIDE FUNCTIONS/PROCEDURES!