Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!rutgers!apple!dan
From: dan@Apple.COM (Dan Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: hc 1.2.1 crashing after a paste
Message-ID: <15238@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 7 Aug 88 03:27:49 GMT
References: <19039@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Reply-To: dan@apple.apple.com.UUCP (Dan Allen)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <19039@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> cml@diplodocus.cis.ohio-state.edu (Christopher Lott) writes:
>The problem:  after a cut/copy text operation of about 30 lines
>in a script "window", I go to another window to paste the text. 
>The paste succeeds, I click "OK", and HC tries to write out the change.
>Unfortunately, it keeps writing...and writing...and writing...until I reboot.
>Once I let it run for about 5 minutes.  This kills my stack, of course.

Scripts have a maximum size of 30000 characters. (No specific line
limit)  Obviously the behaviour you are seeing is not right.  Have you
tried compacting the stack?  It sounds like the stack got corrupted...

If the stack compacts successfully and you still have this problem, send
the stack and a description of the problem to me here at Apple and will
see what's going on.

The usual binhexed, packed, or stuffed format is fine.

Dan Allen
Apple Computer
dan@apple