A mapping between host/RO filetypes would be nice - but there are some
issues - for example there are multiple RISC OS filetypes for ASCII text
depending on the EOL convention.

I also continue to notice the Escape key not working on rare occasions but
so far no obvious rhyme or reason to it.

On 19 February 2018 at 18:39, Peter Howkins <rpcemu.howk...@marutan.net>
wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 11:13:00PM +0100, andre timmermans wrote:
> >
> >    Wish list:
> >
> >    - Extension in the config file to specify rom name path for hosfs &
> .hdf
> >    files. This would make it easier to switch to different OS versions
> >    (different ROMs, !Boot and compatible applications).
>
> Hi Andre, thanks for the testing, on this matter I have an idea for a more
> comprehensive change to the way models are configured. But this will be
> in several releases time as there is prep work to support it first.
>
> >    - Possibility to access the other folders/discs of the host system
> without
> >    risk of modifying the file extension of the files (i.e. using mimemap
> like
> >    Win95FS or LanManFS). I make sense for documents to be readable on
> both
> >    sides without having constantly add and remove the ",xxx" filtype to
> the
> >    filename's extension.
>
> This I suspect will never happen, it's difficult enough to create a
> filesystem that's RISC OS compliant without the extra headache of being
> compatible with a variety of host OSes requirements too. This is mainly
> due to my extremely poor experiences with the highly configurable hostfs
> provided with red squirrel and various versions of Virtual Acorn where
> they ended up not even being compatible with each other.
>
> >    Issues:
> >
> >    - ESC key not working
>
> I have noticed this too occasionally, but have not been able to reproduce
> recently. When I did have it failing, it worked for a while then
> failed later. As such if you have any advice on how to reproduce it,
> please let me know.
>
> >    - when switching back to windowed mode the mouse on the RISC OS side
> >    cannot reach the top (I think it only occurs if the RISC OS
> resolution is
> >    not the same on exit of full-screen mode qs on entry),
>
> Oh well spotted, this is not a new bug, but caused by needing to implement
> part of 'follows host mouse' even when not using that (fullscreen mode
> does not use 'follows host mouse'. There will be a fix for this in the
> next version.
>
> >    - sound is easely interrupted by disk accesses.
>
> Annoyingly this is associated with the other fix of reducing the 'lag' in
> the sound you mentioned. I need to do a proper fix by triggering the sound
> interupts when data in consumed rather than just on a timer. However this
> is not going to be fixed by the next release version. There is a
> workaround (and you are allowed to be annoyed by me suggesting it) in that
> if you run it on a faster processor the timers smooth out and you get
> stutter free sound, it's not a great solution :)
>
> Peter
>
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