Please send us a concrete example of this when you can, thanks. * Repeating error messages when playing around with WD: sometimes, error popups will just come back when closed or clicked "ok" with J not responding to "break" either. I know I'm probably doing things wrong, but it would be nice if beginners wouldn't have to restart J because of an error they made writing a GUI. (I'm currently not at my home computer for giving a concrete example).
On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 2:14 AM, Jan-Pieter Jacobs < [email protected]> wrote: > Here's a few bugs I noticed: > > For the desktop (Both Windows and Linux) : > > * The behaviour for the Home key when selecting to the beginning of the > line (with shift-home) is not the same as when just using the home key > (smart-home type of thing). It would be nice and consistent if this were > changed. > > * Repeating error messages when playing around with WD: sometimes, error > popups will just come back when closed or clicked "ok" with J not > responding to "break" either. I know I'm probably doing things wrong, but > it would be nice if beginners wouldn't have to restart J because of an > error they made writing a GUI. (I'm currently not at my home computer for > giving a concrete example). > > For Android > > * The "same-game" in Help>Studio>Showcases stopped working on android. It > seems the showcase window stays on top, but the game responds to touches in > the background (eg. when touching where there should be the 1P or 2P, the > menu button appears; the demo quits when I hit the on/off button, ...) > > * In the Android jQT, is it possible to allow non-character keys too? I > know the lack an Android compatible text editing is an upstream issue, but > allowing cursor movement with arrow keys, selection with shift-arrows, > ctrl-shift-arrows, home, end, ctrl-c / ctrl-v for copy/paste etc would make > it FAR more usable when using a Bluetooth keyboard (or a software keyboard > allowing these keys, eg. messagEase ). > > * Something strange is going on when scrolling with two fingers on Android > : dragging up or down in the terminal scrolls the text in the expected > direction, but once you hit the border of the editable text area, the > scrolling becomes erratic: sometimes changing direction, sometimes jumping > to other locations, sometimes continueing ... I don't really see a pattern. > > Thanks for the continued effort to make our favorite language better. > > Jan-Pieter > > 2014-11-04 15:16 GMT+01:00 Eric Iverson <[email protected]>: > > > I did the work on the new 803 engine with some help from Bill Lam and > > with assistance from Roger on a few issues. > > > > The main thing was updating the source so that it could be built for > > all official platforms with the latest build tools for those > > platforms. Amazing how many problems evolving platforms and tools can > > introduce. One serious bug in cd for windows 8 64bit was fixed. In > > addition the raspberry pi and andoird builds will now be official > > Jsofware builds. > > > > This was necessary work to provide a new and solid base for moving > forward. > > > > When the dust settles this updated source and build tools will be > > released under GPL 3. > > > > There will be a more formal announcement when the release is out of beta. > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 4:19 PM, Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Is there a list of the engine bug fixes? Who is maintaining the engine > > > these days? > > > > > > Henry Rich > > > > > > On 11/3/2014 2:29 PM, chris burke wrote: > > >> > > >> A new 803 beta is available for most platforms. As before, install > from > > >> http://www.jsoftware.com/download/j803/install. > > >> > > >> This has updated J binaries, and several fixes and enhancements to > JQt. > > >> For > > >> a list of changes see > www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/System/ReleaseNotes/J803. > > >> > > >> Please try reinstalling from scratch, thanks. > > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
