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From: macman@wpi.WPI.EDU (Chris Silverberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: ResEdit
Message-ID: <1990Nov13.185926.22925@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Date: 13 Nov 90 18:59:26 GMT
References: <85704@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <1990Nov13.030220.25624@portia.Stanford.EDU>
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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In article Ralph Melton writes:

>>  As a plug for Resedit 2.0b2: It is really nice from what I've seen,
>>though I haven't had the opportunity to use it much in the few days
>>since I downloaded it.

>ResEdit 2.0b2 breaks with a bus error every time I attempt to edit a
>'MENU' resource.  Turning off all inits doesn't help the problem.  This
>disappoints me greatly, because I got to play with an earlier version
>(2.0d1, I believe; I've since trashed it) and I rejoiced in the menu
>editor there, which is vastly superior to 1.2's menu template.  Has
>anyone else seen this problem?  Has anybody seen this problem and
>solved it?  I don't like having to go back to ResEdit 1.2 every time
>I need to change a menu.

I also had a LOT of crashing with Resedit 2.0b2. I didn't have my troubles
in the MENU editing, just in general.  As a side note though, Resedit 2
seems MUCH more stable with System 7.0b1... enough so I don't use
1.2 anymore if I can avoid it.


 
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