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From: pes@ux63.bath.ac.uk (Smee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: underscore crash bug (was: Another question on TEDINFO info)
Message-ID: <2437@bath63.ux63.bath.ac.uk>
Date: 13 Apr 88 08:50:57 GMT
References: <8804072002.AA09315@grumpy.tis.com> <2220@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> <1510@water.waterloo.edu>
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In article <1510@water.waterloo.edu> ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (Lee Dickey) writes:
>I think this has been mentioned before, but what exactly is the
>	"underscore crash bug" ?

I wondered this for a long time as well, since I've got a lot of names with
underscores in them.  Finally (after about 2 years of ST use) I managed to
generate an 'underscore crash' -- helped by hints from Simon Poole.

In the standard GEM file-selector box, there are two TEDINFO strings (lines
into which you can enter data).  The top one normally contains the drive,
path, and match_string being listed; the bottom one is where you enter a
filename.

If you *type* a string containing an underscore into the *top* line, the
system bombs.  If a string *containing* an underscore happens to appear
there because you 'clicked' your way into a (set of) subdirectories using
the mouse in the listing window, you're OK.  Also, as I recall, it is OK
to enter names containing underscores into the *lower* (filename) line.

The bombout occurs instantly when you enter an underscore character into
the top (path) line.  You can't miss it.

(Note this is based on recollection, albeit fairly recent recollection, but
I believe it's right -- or else I wouldn't say it.  It conceivably might
vary depending on which ROM set you've got, I of course have UK roms.
Whatever that means.)