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paezle
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Posted: 01:58pm 29 Mar 2013

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Hi for all!
I'm trying to use MMEdit v3.2.7 in Windows 7 Starter Edition but when I use the MM File, it crashes.
I open the MMEdit and it can communicate to the Maximite Colour with the chat, but when I use MM File and try to go to other folder in the PC, it crashes and I have to stop it with the Task Manager.
What can be happening?

TassyJim

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Posted: 08:27pm 29 Mar 2013

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Hi,
I recently changed the file selection from 'double click' to 'single click'.
It appears that now a double click can cause the program to lock up.

I think I have it fixed so that either single or double clicking works but I need to do a bit more testing before releasing an update.

If you can use single clicks without a lockup, that is the problem. If your program locks up with single clicks, there is another bug to find!

I will have an update to try in a day or so.

Jim

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paezle
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Posted: 09:49am 30 Mar 2013

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Hi Jim!
Thanks for your response.
That's right, it crashes when I do 'double click' but doing 'single click' it works fine!

Thanks Again

Geoffg

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Posted: 02:49pm 30 Mar 2013

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I love it when other people have bugs...
Makes a change from mine!

Geoff

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TassyJim

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Posted: 03:42pm 30 Mar 2013

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Geoffg said I love it when other people have bugs...
Makes a change from mine!

Geoff

I like to blame the strange ways that 'Windows' works for most of my head-banging.
(My limited programming skills might also have something to do with it)

MM Edit is now up to 7100 lines so even little improvements tend to get complicated!

There is an update to MM Edit Ver 3.2.8

You can now safely use single or double clicks for selection in MM File.
The font size in the main edit menu is now saved between sessions.

You can download the full program as usual or extract the MMEdit.tkn file form this ZIP and replace the one in the program folder.

2013-03-31_013939_MMedit.zip

Jim

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djuqa

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Posted: 04:02pm 30 Mar 2013

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If it isn't a silly question, why did you feel a need to have a choice of single/double click anyway?

Too many choices usually means confusion for users and chances for BUGS.

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TassyJim

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Posted: 04:27pm 30 Mar 2013

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djuqa said If it isn't a silly question, why did you feel a need to have a choice of single/double click anyway?

Too many choices usually means confusion for users and chances for BUGS.

There was no choice originally, it was double click.

I changed it to single click because it was easier for some users.
I had not expected a problem with double clicking after the change. The program was trying to do somethings twice because Windows was sending both single and double click responses to me in spite of me only asking for single clicks.

I now have a dummy routine to ignore the double clicks.

Now it doesn't matter what the user does (which is the important think to get right).

Jim

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paezle
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Posted: 12:45pm 01 Apr 2013

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Hi Jim,
Thanks for the update! it works fine!!

Paezle

shoebuckle
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Joined: 21/01/2012
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Posted: 12:46pm 15 Apr 2013

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Jim,
I notice that the Find command doesn't leave the insertion point at the last entry found when you close (cancel) the Find/Replace dialogue box. It puts the cursor back to where you first invoked the Find dialogue. Is this normal and is there a way around this?

I am using MMEdit v3.2.8.

Cheers,
Hugh

TassyJim

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Posted: 12:59pm 15 Apr 2013

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shoebuckle said Jim,
I notice that the Find command doesn't leave the insertion point at the last entry found when you close (cancel) the Find/Replace dialogue box. It puts the cursor back to where you first invoked the Find dialogue. Is this normal and is there a way around this?

I am using MMEdit v3.2.8.

Cheers,
Hugh

I have never been happy with the find/replace dialog.
I will fix this particular problem in the next release due out later this week.
The fix was straight forward (provided it hasn't stuffed something else up).

The next release has better code formatting - multi-statement lines and lines with line numbers are now handled.

Jim

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