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From: ray@ole.UUCP (Ray Berry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Telix 3.12 destructive backspace "bug"
Message-ID: <1684@ole.UUCP>
Date: 1 Nov 90 07:04:29 GMT
References: <5433@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca> <15918@netcom.UUCP>
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ergo@netcom.UUCP (Isaac Rabinovitch) writes:

>In <5433@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca> depeche@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (Acme Instant Dehydrated Boulder Kit) writes:

>>Apparently, there are a couple versions of telix 3.12 floating around.
>>The one I got from terminator.cc.umich.edu is older - it has the
>>"can't set destructive backspace off" bug.

>The "destructive backspace bug" is really a myth, created by sloppy
>user interface design, and from having crucial information carefully
>hidden in complicated documentation and menus.

>Yes, an Options Save won't preserve the state of the Destructive
>Backspace toggle in the Terminal Options menu.  That's because this
>toggle is set or cleared *every* time you connect to one of the entries
>in the Dial directory...

	True enough, the BS option in the dialing directory can set/reset
this flag for you.  But the global option was in fact broken and has been
fixed by the author.  However, the only shareware version of Telix 3.12 is
the original December 1989 release.  Later versions w/bug fixes are only
available to registered users.

	In all, there are six known bugs in the original shareware release.
The latest executable, dated 8/14/90, corrects all six (known) problems.
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Ray Berry  kb7ht  uucp: ...ole!ray CIS: 73407,3152 /* "inquire within" */