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Message: 3050

Author: igorekmak

Date: 14/10/2002

Subject: To JOHN ELLIOTT >>> JSWED and so on..

 

> It is possible to change it, but for some strange reason people

seem

> to find it very difficult. There is an editor for the .TUN format,
> written by Ian Collier in Spectrum BASIC; see
> http://www.seasip.demon.co.uk/Jsw/jswtune.html
> for details. Alternatively, see
> http://www.seasip.demon.co.uk/Jsw/experiments.html
> for the assembly listing I used to create the "In the hall of the
> Mountain King" tune.

Thanx, I`ll try to use that "TUNE EDITOR" :-)
"There are no difficult things when you really like that thing"

> All this has come up before, but when Yahoo went from clubs to
> groups the old postings all went from HTML to plaintext and now look
> ghastly. Searching on ".TUN" will find most of it.

I see. :-)

> > John, do you plan to upgrade your editor.
>
> Depends if I feel like it. But the source is included, so anyone

who

> wants can make changes.

I understand, but as far as I know, it isn`t easy to edit win files.
It will be better if you`ll do it. It will be more proffestional.

> > I can tell you what bugs I`ve founded there.
>
> You can tell me if you like.

1) Intro screen. (Not a bug)
- I really want that there`ll be a menu that will contain
different commands, like CLEAR ALL, DRAW A LINE, CIRCLE and so on.
Like a small PAINTBRUSH :-)
- Small window doesn`t work properly sometimes. I better say:
in some modes.. Check.
2) Make a help file in .doc format. But do not use .pdf format as not
everybody have the special program to read them properly.
3)When saving in +3 DOS format, it saves in the directory where there
is a JSW editor. If you will save it anywhere else, it will save in
your JSW editor directory anyway.
4) Sometimes when you`re deleting guardians, strange G00 guadian
appears that you can`t delete easily. :-(
5) There are some problems when placing a diagonal guardian. Can you
check it?
6)Cursor sometimes disappeares in SPRITE mode and in ROOMS modes at
the same time.
7) There are some bugs when editing MULTI-COLOUR sprites. JSWED can
easily exit to WINDOWS then.
8) Pressing ENTER at some times while editing ROOMS can cause to exit
it to WINDOWS.
9) I really miss an "AUTO-SAVE" function because I often forgot to
save what I`ve done during the agony of editing. :-)
10) All fonts changes only when you re-start your editor, or re-load
your file.
11) JSW window appears black colour when the screen flashes, or when
I was entering full screen mode during JSWED running. it is the
nastiest bug. But I know how to solve it. You`ll have to hide JSWED
while doing it.

It will be very good if you`ll read this, JOHN.
Thanx for the editor, anyway. BYE!

i don`t know what I will do without your editor..!!! :-)

SINCERELY YOURS,
igorekmak@...

 

 

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