simsong@daily-bugle.media.mit.edu (Simson L. Garfinkel) (01/03/91)
Here's a list that I've made of the bugs in 2.0:
Problems with EMACS:
* .m extension doesn't automatically select C-mode anymore.
Problems with Webster:
* No iconify or close buttons (close should terminate application)
* Doesn't have autohide option for autolaunch.
Problems with Mail:
* Should support the .mailrc file. Or at least aliases; so I can send
mail to "kwh" and have it automatically expanded to "kwh@amt.mit.edu"
without having to mouse a half-a-dozen things.
* Should remember which addresses take NeXT mail and which don't.
* Summary matrix of articles should take FirstMouse.
Problems with Workspace:
* When new icons get created in the lower-right, they should be
created as down and as right as possible. Right now, it seems to
count across each time a new app is created. But if I delete a
running app, it doesn't reclaim the space until it has gone all the
way around...
* NeXT still doesn't have a screensaver...
Problems with Digital Librarian:
* 1.0 .index files breaks the indexer; it doesn't delete them, it just crashes.
* Doesn't have autohide option for autolaunch.
* Makes *another* directory in my home directory (~/Library), rather
than putting bookshelves into the .NeXT directory.
Problems with Usermanager:
* Help screen says that there is a delete user option under the
Windows menu, but there isn't.
Problems with Terminal:
* esc prefix is not the same as meta
* does not work properly with emacs.
(in particular, scroll line up...)
Problems with EMACS & GDB:
* meta-D / meta-U / meta-S / meta-N work if you type ESC-D,
but if you type a real META-D (because you have a copy of
Stuart that does the right thing), then you have to press the META-D
twice.
Problems with Terminal:
* Command-Q should ask you before it quits.
* Regular VT100 emulation doesn't work properly with emacs.
Problems with Interface Builder:
* If you close a nib file and have the Connections inspector out,
you get trash in the Connections inspector
* You can't add a .tiff or .eps image with a space in its name.
Typos in documentation:
in /NextLibrary/Documentation/NextDev/ReleaseNotes:
The "- alloc" should be a "+ alloc"
/usr/include/appkit/Cursor.h:
Should include "obsoleteBitmap.h", not "Bitmap.h"
Requests for Matrix:
* matrix should have a SelectedCellCount method which returns the
number of SelectedCells.das15@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Douglas A Scott) (02/27/91)
Seeing the variety of bug reports coming in concerning programs that no longer work in the 2.0 disrtibution made me wonder: For those of us with '030 machines who are upgrading only our software (for now), can we simply restore the binaries for these from the 1.0 distribution until the 2.0 bugs are repared? Would anyone have the ability to list which binaries this would work for and which not? For example, what about 'sync' and 'halt'? Thanks in advance...I hope I'm not the only one interested in this. ___________________________________________________________________________ Douglas Scott zardoz!doug%woof.columbia.edu
das15@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Douglas A Scott) (03/01/91)
Ok everyone--thanks for setting me straight on the 1.0 vs. 2.0 binaries. I *do* know that there are a few Apps that do not work under 2.0, and was just curious if someone had made a list of these. ___________________________________________________________________________ Douglas Scott zardoz!doug%woof.columbia.edu