Problems With the New Windows Stamp Editor
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I downloaded and installed v1.2 today, and noted a couple of problems
which I have reported to Parallax, but thought y'all might like to
know of them too.
--LAST FILE OF PROJECT IS NOT SAVED
1. Open a project containing multiple programs.
2. Modify the LAST file in the project. DO NOT save it!
3. Modify the FIRST file in the project.
4. Close the project.
5. Answer Yes when asked whether to save the last file.
StampW will NOT ask whether to save the first file, but when you
reopen the project, you will see that the first file got saved, and
the last file did not!
This is not a new problem. It has existed for several versions. It
has caused me great heartache on more than one occasion. I have
previously reported it to Parallax, but they have not been fixed yet.
--MEMORY MAP ONLY SHOWS MAIN PROGRAM
Prior to this version (at least as late as v1.1) the memory map
display would show the memory usage for each program in a project
(selected by the Source Code combo box.)
With this version, only the first program may be is displayed. I
can't even tell if the other programs have been tokenized. (I haven't
had a chance to try downloading to a Stamp yet, so I can't see if
more than the first program gets downloaded.)
--KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS DON'T WORK IN FIND/REPLACE DIALOG
In the following scenario, steps 4 and 6 don't work as expected:
1. Open a Find/Replace dialog
2. Type something in the Find field
3. Highlight the contents of the Find field
4. Press Ctrl-C to copy the contents of the Find field to the
clipboard.
5. Tab to the Replace field.
6. Press Ctrl-V to paste to the Replace field.
In step 4, if something was highlighted in the file you're editing,
it gets copied to the clipboard. Otherwise, whatever was previously
in the clipboard remains there. In step 6, instead of pasting the
contents of the clipboard into the Replace field, the contents of the
clipboard are pasted into the document at the current cursor position!
The only way to produce the desired effect is to avoid using the
keyboard shortcuts, and use the context menu (right click the mouse)
instead.
This is not a new problem, and it is very annoying and dangerous
because you can mess up your program without even being aware of it!
--THE STAMPW WINDOW TITLE REPORTS THE WRONG ACTIVE FILE
Normally, the StampW window title reports the name of the file
currently being edited. But when a project is opened which contains
more than one file, the window title is left displaying the title of
the last program in the project until you switch to one of the other
project files. (This behavior is identical with that of v1.1.)
which I have reported to Parallax, but thought y'all might like to
know of them too.
--LAST FILE OF PROJECT IS NOT SAVED
1. Open a project containing multiple programs.
2. Modify the LAST file in the project. DO NOT save it!
3. Modify the FIRST file in the project.
4. Close the project.
5. Answer Yes when asked whether to save the last file.
StampW will NOT ask whether to save the first file, but when you
reopen the project, you will see that the first file got saved, and
the last file did not!
This is not a new problem. It has existed for several versions. It
has caused me great heartache on more than one occasion. I have
previously reported it to Parallax, but they have not been fixed yet.
--MEMORY MAP ONLY SHOWS MAIN PROGRAM
Prior to this version (at least as late as v1.1) the memory map
display would show the memory usage for each program in a project
(selected by the Source Code combo box.)
With this version, only the first program may be is displayed. I
can't even tell if the other programs have been tokenized. (I haven't
had a chance to try downloading to a Stamp yet, so I can't see if
more than the first program gets downloaded.)
--KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS DON'T WORK IN FIND/REPLACE DIALOG
In the following scenario, steps 4 and 6 don't work as expected:
1. Open a Find/Replace dialog
2. Type something in the Find field
3. Highlight the contents of the Find field
4. Press Ctrl-C to copy the contents of the Find field to the
clipboard.
5. Tab to the Replace field.
6. Press Ctrl-V to paste to the Replace field.
In step 4, if something was highlighted in the file you're editing,
it gets copied to the clipboard. Otherwise, whatever was previously
in the clipboard remains there. In step 6, instead of pasting the
contents of the clipboard into the Replace field, the contents of the
clipboard are pasted into the document at the current cursor position!
The only way to produce the desired effect is to avoid using the
keyboard shortcuts, and use the context menu (right click the mouse)
instead.
This is not a new problem, and it is very annoying and dangerous
because you can mess up your program without even being aware of it!
--THE STAMPW WINDOW TITLE REPORTS THE WRONG ACTIVE FILE
Normally, the StampW window title reports the name of the file
currently being edited. But when a project is opened which contains
more than one file, the window title is left displaying the title of
the last program in the project until you switch to one of the other
project files. (This behavior is identical with that of v1.1.)