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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Hack 1.0.3d bugs
Message-ID: <249@sas.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 7-Jun-87 17:56:48 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun  7 17:56:48 1987
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Summary: Bugs, what are they?

In article <10230@decwrl.DEC.COM>, hunt@firqb.dec.com (Phil Hunt) writes:
>    I just got my copy of Amiga Hack 1.0.3d.  All in all, a VERY nice release!
Thanks, I spent many months on it (almost 5 monts tracking down 1 count 'em
1 bug).  Also I have to thank the graphics of Jeff Lee which I think really
helped the final product.  (And of course Lattice for their superb compiler)
>    I have found a few bugs I would like to mention though:
Bugs? We don't ever have any of them.  Oh, you mean undocumented freatures...

> 1) The 'o' command (Options) is really 'O' (Large 'O', not small 'o').  Also,
> the pulldown menu does a small 'o', and comes back 'Invalid command'.
Never noticed this.  It will be fixed in the next release.

> 2) The option Tombstone seems to be accepted by Option command or in the
> HACK103.CNF file, but is not displayed by the Option command to list options.
It might not be in the Option help, but it is documented in the Hack103.cnf 
file.

> 3) A CLI command 'HACK -W' does NOT enter wizard mode,  a -W or -w will allow
> you to play as a wizard, but not wizard mode.  Does your name also have to be
> 'Wizard' to get this?  The docs don't say so.
The actual option is HACK -D.  It is a change that Don Kneller made (I think)
and I forgot to update the documentation when I integrated his latest code.

> 4) Pulldown menus do not always do the correct command.  The ',' (Take object)
> from the menu prompts "Long or Short help ?"
Actually, this is documented.  I put in the menu stuff rather quickly.  If
you select any item for which a list would normally be displayed to select
from, it puts in the question mark for you.  Unfortunately, when there is
nothing to be displayed, a message is printed and then the ? is taken as the
help command.  I think I have a way to fix this in the next release, but for
now it is more useful to have the automatic list display feature.

> 5) The '!' command (AmigaDOS command/Shell command) does not work at all.
It hasn't worked in any release beyond the first one.  (Isn't that what
PopCLI is for anyway).  I forgot to take it out of the menu in the latest
compilation.  SInce it had already gone through some internal QA, I didn't
want to have to go through retesting for a simple recompilation.

Thanks for the input.  I will make sure they get fixed in the next release.
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