JDH > It involves losing some or all of the > top portion of the typing JDH> in a message or in a document usually resulting > from deleting a JDH> large portion of the text at the end of a document.
CS> I am aware of the bug, but because of the randomness and difficulty CS> in reproducing, I have not yet come up with a fix for it. I am CS> working on it, and when I do come up with the fix, you'll see it in CS> the release notes.
I too have had this happen way too often; it only happens with a lot of text and usually when cutting a lot of text at the end. You will seemingly loose a bunch of text at the top, forcing you to save it and reopen it in order to see the top text again.
CS> One of the issues with the text editor code in TeleFinder is that CS> its due for replacement. Everything is going to be replaced with CS> the WASTE text engine. This work is already partly done, all the CS> chat windows use WASTE for their text processing. CS> CS> So the time that I spend improving the old text editor delays time CS> that I can spend on more important aspects of TeleFinder, including CS> the next text engine.
Like Jim, I consider the problems with the TF's text handling to be very worthy of attention.
I assume the new WASTE engine will also help with the problems with drag & drop within TF text,mail, conference windows. (Tex-Edit uses the WASTE engine and its drag and drop is wonderful). I hate to say it, but the drag & drop in TF's text window's is far and away the worst implementation of drag & drop I have ever experienced. For the most part, IT DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. For sure, you cannot get the window to scroll when you try to drag text. And even when you try to drag text from a viewable area to another viewable area, it doesn't work.
So, if the WASTE engine will also help with the drag & drop problems, I say don't spend ANY time on fixing the old TextEdit code and get that WASTE code implemented ASAP. :) And may the wind be at your back!
Michael Davidson Phoney BBS Sysop davidsonm@phoney.com davidsonm@phoney.tfnet.org davidsonm@idir.net davidsonm@aol.com
