cs225af@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (02/11/90)
A couple of desk accessory bug reports-- To the author of the NDA 'Inverter': AppleWorks GS v1.1 (and possibly others) doesn't seem to like your NDA. It inverts the screen properly, but then you can't do anything. Cursor keys don't move the cursor, the slide boxes are totally inoperative (they never move), and certain operations in the Menus cause 'serious system error's requiring a system reboot. I've only encountered problems in AWGS so far, which is particularly unfortunate since I've been *dying* for a way to turn the background of the AWGS window to black. Does anyone know how to turn the window background to black in AWGS? Or could the author of this nifty NDA find a patch? To the author of the NDA 'Menu Bar' (William Gulstad, I believe?): I'm not sure what version of this NDA I'm using (or if you're even still supporting it as a separate NDA), but this desk accessory consistently locks up the system when running a game called 'Color Mind'. Total lockup... reboot required. Just thought you folks would like to know. I'd really appreciate it if these NDAs could be made to work, as I would like to use both.... System Configuration, if it matters: * IIgs, ROM 01 w/ 1.25 Meg * GS/OS 5.02 * Profile 5 meg, 1 Apple 3.5, 1 Disk II, 1 printer, 1 modem (IIgs ports) -- rubio (rubio-1@uiuc.edu)
cs225af@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (02/12/90)
Re: 'Menu Bar' NDA Error report... the NDA calls itself 'Digital Black 1.2'. It can be loaded up using CarpetBag 2.2 once inside the Color.Mind program, but if the NDA is active when the program is actually launched it crashes. If it is loaded at boot time, the system just freezes. If it is loaded later by CB2.2 and then Color.Mind is launched, it crashes into the monitor. -- rubio
wombat@claris.com (Scott Lindsey) (02/13/90)
In article <15800065@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> cs225af@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
Does anyone know how to turn the window background to black in AWGS?
Good luck. The only way you'll be able to do this is by changing the color
table so that white is black (and presumably, black is white). While the
color editor in AWGS doesn't support changing black or white (just RGBY), the
fact that you can change the colors means that if you find a way to change
the color table out from under AWGS, it should work fine. In my opinion, it'll
look hideous, since the menu bar & menus will be inverted, the desktop will
be dark blue, the rulers will be that hideous dark "gold" (I've got a bettername for it, but it's not repeatable in a public forum), etc.
Sorry if you weren't interested in the technical aspect.
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wombat@claris.com | StyleWare, the author, or anyone else living or Dead.cs225af@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (02/13/90)
...for the time being, at least, I'm still using a GREEN (blecchh) monitor, so I currently don't care how hideous the colors look. Thus, I'd love to get Inverter to work under AWGS. It's easier on the eyes to look at smaller fonts with 'white on black' than with 'black on white'. Anyone know who wrote this thing? Or know why it messes up AWGS? -- rubio
jason@madnix.UUCP (Jason Blochowiak) (02/14/90)
In article <15800065@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> cs225af@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >To the author of the NDA 'Inverter': AppleWorks GS v1.1 (and possibly others) >doesn't seem to like your NDA. It inverts the screen properly, but >then you can't do anything. [Deleted symptoms] There is a known problem (not exactly a bug - more of a very minor design flaw) with AppleWorks GS - NDA's that don't open a window cause AWgs to flake. I don't know anything about the implementation of the the Inverter NDA, but it sounds like one of those that doesn't need to open a window. I also certainly can't speak for the coding of the NDA (not having even downloaded it to my machine), so there may be other problems, or the NDA could possibly be at fault entirely (unlikely, though, as you mentioned that the symptoms only showed up in AWgs). > [Articled hacked to bits] >System Configuration, if it matters: [It didn't, but thanks for including > it anyway, as some folks seem to forget it when they mention problems, and > it can be quite valuable] >-- rubio (rubio-1@uiuc.edu) -- Jason Blochowiak - jason@madnix.UUCP or, try: astroatc!nicmad!madnix!jason@spool.cs.wisc.edu "Education, like neurosis, begins at home." - Milton R. Saperstein