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Ray,
I haven't been able to duplicate that bug since I sent it to you…
Another question though, is there a workaround for the page width not
working? MASM 4.0 seems to count a tab character as just one character when
truncating the listing line. It probably helped the speed not to expand tabs,
but it makes for listings going off the page. Just wondered if you had run
into that. Thanks.
Steve
I always set the line width to 132 and then use the LaserJet in landscape mode
to print out the listings. So I haven't run into the problem you mentioned.
I'm sure you're right about it not counting tabs properly though, I get the
impression it just counts "bytes of white space" and makes no attempt to
determine what the final printout will look like (since the listing file does
not have tabs expanded either).
Do you realize that this gives you some valuable intelligence about Microsoft?
It tells you that:
1. Microsoft has disk space to burn.
2. They use an editor that expands tabs to spaces, and
3. They do not periodically bring people from the real world into Q.A. to
make sure their test environments are authentic.
But, seriously, I have a client who is about to purchase MASM. Should I
recommend the slightly older, but reliable version I got from Heath, or go all
out for the latest and (?) greatest?
Do you realize that this gives you some valuable intelligence about Microsoft?
It tells you that:
1. Microsoft has disk space to burn.
2. They use an editor that expands tabs to spaces, and
3. They do not periodically bring people from the real world into Q.A. to
make sure their test environments are authentic.
But, seriously, I have a client who is about to purchase MASM. Should I
recommend the slightly older, but reliable version I got from Heath, or go all
out for the latest and (?) greatest?
I always set the line width to 132 and then use the LaserJet in landscape mode
to print out the listings. So I haven't run into the problem you mentioned.
I'm sure you're right about it not counting tabs properly though, I get the
impression it just counts "bytes of white space" and makes no attempt to
determine what the final printout will look like (since the listing file does
not have tabs expanded either).