ins_adjb@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Daniel Jay Barrett) (06/15/88)
I believe I've tracked down a new bug in Deluxe Paint II. Could somebody please try to reproduce it? Basically, the problem is this: if you invoke DPaint from the CLI, and that CLI is using a font other than Topaz, DPaint crashes when you exit. Reproduce: Warm boot on vanilla Amiga Open a CLI Change font from Topaz to anything else. I use the "setfont" program; i.e., "setfont ruby". Invoke DPaint. Exit DPaint. <CRASH!> If you don't crash on exit, you should at least notice that your CLI font has "disappeared"; that is, characters don't echo at all, or they echo garbage. If so, invoke DPaint again, exit again, and you will crash. Can anyone else verify this? Could it somehow be attributed to the "Setfont" program? Thanks! -- Dan Barrett ins_adjb@jhunix.UUCP barrett@cs.jhu.edu
maloff@calgary.UUCP (Sheldon Maloff) (06/16/88)
In article <6540@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>, ins_adjb@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Daniel Jay Barrett) writes: > > I believe I've tracked down a new bug in Deluxe Paint II. > Could somebody please try to reproduce it? I can't reproduce it. > Reproduce: > > Warm boot on vanilla Amiga > Open a CLI > Change font from Topaz to anything else. I use > the "setfont" program; i.e., "setfont ruby". > Invoke DPaint. > Exit DPaint. > <CRASH!> > > If you don't crash on exit, you should at least notice that your CLI > font has "disappeared"; that is, characters don't echo at all, or they > echo garbage. If so, invoke DPaint again, exit again, and you will > crash. I'm running a 2 meg amiga, so its not vanilla. But I use setfont font with my own font I created called block (its 8 x 8). Basically its a modification of the generic topaz/8 except without all those serif's! I ran from csh2.07 and didn't crash on exit. My guess is its the ruby font thats breaking Dpaint. I believe the setfont docs say that many programs will have troubles with fonts other than 8 x 8 pixels. I run setfont with TITLES WINDOWS SCREEN (all options on). || Sheldon ----========== \\ -----======|| || maloff@calgary.UUCP -----====== // Calgary, Alberta || || {ihnp4!alberta}!calgary!maloff -----== \\ Past Host of the || || .. eventually, we'll all be scaled by zero and ---= // '88 Winter Games || || converge upon the origin ... then we'll party! -= \\ ---==||
richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) (06/16/88)
In article <6540@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> ins_adjb@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Daniel Jay Barrett) writes: > > I believe I've tracked down a new bug in Deluxe Paint II. >Could somebody please try to reproduce it? > > Basically, the problem is this: if you invoke DPaint from >the CLI, and that CLI is using a font other than Topaz, DPaint >crashes when you exit. > > Reproduce: > > Warm boot on vanilla Amiga > Open a CLI > Change font from Topaz to anything else. I use > the "setfont" program; i.e., "setfont ruby". > Invoke DPaint. > Exit DPaint. > <CRASH!> > >If you don't crash on exit, you should at least notice that your CLI >font has "disappeared"; that is, characters don't echo at all, or they >echo garbage. If so, invoke DPaint again, exit again, and you will >crash. > >Can anyone else verify this? Could it somehow be attributed to the >"Setfont" program? Thanks! Verified. -- "Shrimp Ahoy" richard@gryphon.CTS.COM {backbone}!gryphon!richard
ins_adjb@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Daniel Jay Barrett) (06/17/88)
In article <4492@gryphon.CTS.COM> richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) writes: >In article <6540@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> ins_adjb@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Daniel Jay Barrett) writes: >> >> I believe I've tracked down a new bug in Deluxe Paint II. >>Could somebody please try to reproduce it? [ BUG described. ] >>Can anyone else verify this? >Verified. >richard@gryphon.CTS.COM Thank you, Richard! I called Electronic Arts and described the bug to a tech person, who promised to notify the software people. I asked if there was any chance that there would ever be a bug fix released (since their new Deluxe products seem to be taking precedence over DPaint), and he wasn't sure. Sigh. -- Dan Barrett ins_adjb@jhunix.UUCP barrett@cs.jhu.edu
ins_adjb@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Daniel Jay Barrett) (06/17/88)
In article <1680@vaxb.calgary.UUCP> maloff@calgary.UUCP (Sheldon Maloff) writes: >I can't reproduce it. > >I'm running a 2 meg amiga, so its not vanilla. But I use setfont font >with my own font I created called block (its 8 x 8). Basically its a >modification of the generic topaz/8 except without all those serif's! >I ran from csh2.07 and didn't crash on exit. My guess is its the ruby >font thats breaking Dpaint. Well, I broke Dpaint with every font on my Amiga. This includes all the fonts in a vanilla FONTS: directory, plus "pearl" font which sounds exactly like your "block" font -- Topaz without serifs. Since other people have verified my bug, my guess is that DPaint is doing something non-standard, assuming Topaz font in its invoking CLI, and your "block" font is so similar to Topaz that DPaint doesn't notice a difference. -- Dan Barrett ins_adjb@jhunix.UUCP barrett@cs.jhu.edu