[comp.sys.amiga] vt100 2.3 fixes -- personal experience

mjp@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) (12/07/86)

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I've just compiled vt100 version 2.3 with the fixes described on the
net.  I used Manx version 3.20 to compile.

I made Steve Livintchouk's modification to init.c to fix the bug with
setting VOLUME to 0.  The bug fix works, and vt100 now gives me a flash
when volume is 0 and a beep when volume is > 0.  Lattice and Manx must
be doing things differently if the beep works under Manx but not
Lattice (I'm not a C hacker, I don't know what).

I also tried Jeff Clesius's modifications to add Amiga-key synonyms
for the menu selections.  They half work.  If you select them with the
right-hand Amiga key (open-Amiga for you apple //c fans) they work
properly.  If the left-hand Amiga (closed-Amiga) key is used, the
program enters "hyperspace" and refuses to listen to further keyboard
or menu input (including the close gadget, so there's no way to quit
except rebooting).  The program doesn't crash as far as I can tell,
and the rest of the system functions normally (i.e. other running
programs aren't affected, no gurus).  I recompiled the program again
without these modifications and it works just fine (I'm using it now).
Has anyone else had the same problem?  Did I mix up installing the
diffs?  (I did it manually with Emacs since I have no desire to deal
with Unix ed.)  I'm using Popcli II along with vt100--might this have
an effect?
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sdl@linus.UUCP (Steven D. Litvintchouk) (12/08/86)

>  I've just compiled vt100 version 2.3 with the fixes described on the
>  net.  I used Manx version 3.20 to compile.
>  
>  I made Steve Livintchouk's modification to init.c to fix the bug with
>  setting VOLUME to 0.  The bug fix works, and vt100 now gives me a flash
>  when volume is 0 and a beep when volume is > 0.  Lattice and Manx must
>  be doing things differently if the beep works under Manx but not
>  Lattice (I'm not a C hacker, I don't know what).

Well, I still can't get the audible beep to work with Lattice.  So
I've decided to try Mr. Portuesi's suggested bug fix: I'll have to
purchase a Manx compiler.


Steven Litvintchouk
MITRE Corporation
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