#Whap 1.9c HELP!
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To whom it may concern,
I seem to be experiencing a *lot* of difficulties while trying to
install Whap! 1.9c on my 3000. This is an unvalidated version of Whap and
I am awaiting re-validation as my last copy was 1.8.
Symptoms are:
1 – Under 2.0 the select message header screen takes a *long* time
to appear and some of the buttons on the bottom appear without
labels. I think there are supposed to be ghosted.
2 – Refuses to dial in 7-wire mode where as it worked with a prior
release of Whap! Could you please indicate which serial lines
are monitored so I can check my modem config.
3 – Fails to download under 1.3 and 2.0. With 1.3 the download
screen appears, but downloads fail or hang. With 2.0 the
program hangs before the download screen appears.
4 – Sometimes during a session, especially when either sending or
receiving messages and mail, Whap! will wait at a prompt without
responding. The Bull timer will run out, but Whap continues to
wait.
I hope my questions can be answered soon. Whap! has always saved me time
when using CIS and I would like to be able to use this version under 2.0
Thanks,
Brian Yamanaka 72250,3544
Brian,
1.9C has not been tested on a 3000. However, it works on a 2000 running
kick version 143. I've been using it in that configuration for a couple of
weeks now, have downloaded over 15M of files, and have never used anything
other than the 7 wire configuration. If you are not using 143, I suggest
to attempt to get it from your dealer.
As to View!, there are many problems with it under 143 because of
changes CBM made. The most obvious is that CBM has changed the priority of
gadget refreshes. This means that anytime you activate any other window or
View! brings up a requester, gadgets along the bottom disappear and the
informational text across the top disappear. As to the gadgets, they're
still there, just not rendered. It is usable, click where the gadgets
should be and they will reappear, or use the menu.
There is also the problem of text being overwritten on the left edge.
In 2.0 CBM added a leftside window border area. This clips the left edge
of characters on the left edge.
Both of the above problems have been corrected in my version of the
program. There are other problems that still need to be addressed. If you
use the arrow keys, for some (as yet unknown to me) reason, key repeat
stops working. Also, when the View! first comes up and your go into reply
mode, you cannot more the bar. If you change the size of the window, or
change whether you're running on WB or custom screen, that functionality
returns. (This is all under 2.0, 1.3 operation remains unchanged).
While View! does currently have problems under 2.0, it is functional.
1.9C was uploaded because many people wanted to run it under 2.0 (including
myself). When I work out all of the obvious problems in View! as related
to 2.0, I will upload an update. In the meantime, despite the glitches, it
is functional.
-sja
Steve –
I just started using View 1.9C, and am noticing something aesthetically
different in the message display. The word wrap seems to not be in sync
with what CIS send out, or something. I looked at the .MSG files, and they
seem to be formatted the way CIS normally would, so the difference would
seem to be in the way View is displaying. The symptoms are single-word
lines appearing in the message text, where there would be plenty of room on
the previous line for that word. For example, in the message I'm replying
to, the first line ends at "2000", the word "running" is on a line by
itself, and the word "kick" starts the next line. In the MSG file,
"running" terminates tje first line.
Just in case you hadn't noticed it yourself … 8^).
Harry
Harry,
Nothing was changed there, but, LHARC up your .MSG file and email it to
me and I'll take a look. Also, be sure you tell me what font you're using.
If it's a font I'm not likely to have, send that to me also. Thanks.
Steve –
Unfortunately, when I used Whap! tonight to get your reply, it overwrote
the .msg file … Oh, well. And another strange thing, tonight everything
seems to be wrapping just fine. Must be the phase of the moon or something.
I'm using an IBM font I think I got from here (does IBM-II sound
familiar?), and I'm pretty sure I was using it last night, too. Well, if it
happens again, I'll be sure to save the files and send them your way (I
hate it this happens 8^) ). Thanks …
Harry
Harry,
When Whap gets messages the longest line length is 76. If the font you
use is a wide font, and depending on if your run overscanned or not, a 76
character line may not fit across your screen. In which case, what you're
seeing is exactly what it should do.
Harry, I had it happen to me not 20 minutes ago. So, I bailed out of
View!, then manually started View!…..and it looked fine. I'm not sure
what the problem is, but I'm gonna nail it somehow.
Victor A. Wagner, Jr.
Vic,
Don't bother. I changed the line ….
Text(w_rp, &linebuf[1], min(linebuf[0], max_line_length -2 ));
to
Text(w_rp, &linebuf[1], min(linebuf[0], max_line_length));
This will alleviate the problem. It'll push the text closer to the prop
gadget but will not overwrite the prop gadget and will no longer wrap down
in a default config'ed system.
Why did I do it the other way before? Dunno — senility strikes again.
-sja
Steve,
thanks, those lines were kinda annoying. You have my immense
appreciation!
Brian J. Bartlett