Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!stanford.edu!neon.Stanford.EDU!pescadero.Stanford.EDU!philip From: philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: 2 Live Finder 7 bugs Message-ID: <1991Jun3.171020.18203@neon.Stanford.EDU> Date: 3 Jun 91 17:10:20 GMT References: Sender: news@neon.Stanford.EDU (USENET News System) Reply-To: philip@pescadero.stanford.edu Organization: Stanford University Lines: 30 In article , shores@fergvax.unl.edu (Shores) writes: |> #1. This bug involves the comment box in the Get Info window, so get |> info on something that will let you enter a comment. Try typing a |> colon in the comment field... I'll bet you can't! The finder turns |> colons into dashes here. [...] Repeatable on my IIcx. I suspect the real reason is that searches using Find can search by comment, and it's just possible that allowing colons in comments could break something (colons aren't allowed in file names, because they are used as path separators). Still, this is annoying, and I consider it a bug. |> #2. The next bug may be trickier to reproduce; who knows, it could be |> just a Mac Plus (4MB RAM, 40 MB HD) thing. Anyway, at the Finder: |> a. Insert a floppy disk. Make sure that the only thing new that |> appears is the disk icon [...] |> b. Now, double click the disk's icon. It's root window should |> appear. |> c. Eject the disk (but don't unmount it). |> Here's the bug. After ejecting the disk, the Finder immediately |> asks for the disk back again, with the "Please Insert the Disk..." |> dialog box! Does it on my IIcx as well. |> There is a work-around: Much simpler (for the purpose you describe): lock the disk before inserting it. This also looks like something that should be fixed. -- Philip Machanick philip@pescadero.stanford.edu