Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!granite.pa.dec.com!mwm From: mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike (Real Amiga have keyboard garages) Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: MG3a executable? Arexx? Message-ID: Date: 9 Mar 90 20:36:55 GMT References: <2830@uwm.edu> <1106@wsu-cs> Sender: news@decwrl.dec.com Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 33 In-reply-to: jal@phoebe.cs.wayne.edu's message of 9 Mar 90 06:30:42 GMT Here's the scoop on mg3a: It's in beta test. I've been busy with other projects (like changings jobs and houses and an imported asian flu and other things that should appear soon), and there's still much work to be done on it (like convincing it to work on a DS3100, and incorporating patches for things other than BSD & Amiga/Lattice, and adding three or four sets of bug fixes/enhancements). I won't be distributing a binary version until the real release. Nor will I be doing a usenet posting, or sending mg3a to Fred Fish. The current beta compiles and runs (and displays bugs) under Lattice 5.0x. You can ftp the sources & several levels of patch files from jade.berkeley.edu, in pub/mg. The editor is solid in that it doesn't guru (at least, not for me), but there are several known annoying bugs. Earlier versions had serious problems, and would guru at random times. The ARexx interface is extensive, and has drawn nothing but praise with two exceptions: 1) (paraphrased) "To many notes", and 2) You didn't provide any information about screen positioning. This should be fixed in the next release, probably using code provided by Dan Riley. At this point, I wouldn't count on mg3a before 1.4. Especially since I'm tempted to wait for 1.4 in any case.