1. Carl BUG in EE
Carl if you select a complete line in EE by ( high lighting text ) holding
down the shift key and moving down 1 line with the down arrow. Then open
the search menu and then select replace. The editor will crash reporting
that in function xle_selected_text() slice length is less than 0 (-1).
It appears that the error has something to do with the way that the EE
handles the movement of the cursor to the next line because if you
select the whole line without moving the cursor off the line no crash
occurs. This error will cause the user to lose all editing changes.
Bernie
2. Re: Carl BUG in EE
Hello,
>Carl if you select a complete line in EE by ( high lighting text ) holding
>
> down the shift key and moving down 1 line with the down arrow. Then open
>
> the search menu and then select replace. The editor will crash reporting
>
> that in function xle_selected_text() slice length is less than 0 (-1).
>
> It appears that the error has something to do with the way that the EE
>
> handles the movement of the cursor to the next line because if you
>
> select the whole line without moving the cursor off the line no crash
>
> occurs. This error will cause the user to lose all editing changes.
>
>Bernie
This reminds me, I have had a recurring problem with EE:CS as
well. Sometimes I get causeway crashes, this has prompted me
to stop using EE because I have lost data. Sorry I haven't
reported this until now, but I keep forgetting :( Do you
know what could be the problem Carl? I suppose its calls to
dos interupts or something.
later,
Lewis Townsend
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3. Re: Carl BUG in EE
Bernie and Lewis both found bugs with EE:CS:
Bernie wrote:
> If you select a complete line in EE by ( high lighting text ) holding
> down the shift key and moving down 1 line with the down arrow. Then open
> the search menu and then select replace. The editor will crash reporting
> that in function xle_selected_text() slice length is less than 0 (-1).
> It appears that the error has something to do with the way that the EE
> handles the movement of the cursor to the next line because if you
> select the whole line without moving the cursor off the line no crash
> occurs. This error will cause the user to lose all editing changes.
<shame mode> I do know about this one (because it happened to me), but
haven't fixed it yet because I'm not totally familiar with the code (which
is mostly David's) for selecting text. My first foray into it was the
CTRL+Minus code-commenter, and that's a good while ago now. </shame>
Lewis wrote:
> This reminds me, I have had a recurring problem with EE:CS as
> well. Sometimes I get causeway crashes, this has prompted me
> to stop using EE because I have lost data. Sorry I haven't
> reported this until now, but I keep forgetting :( Do you
> know what could be the problem Carl? I suppose its calls to
> dos interupts or something.
This, on the other hand, I haven't a clue about. So I'll ask a few
questions:
* What version of DOS/Win do you use and how much memory do you have?
* Does this happen randomly, or does it only happen in certain parts of the
program? (Bugs?)
* Has anyone else been having EE/Causeway errors?
* If yes, what do you have loaded in your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT
(Possible Conflict?).
* Does the Causeway error occur with the bound executable, with a source-
code only installation, or both?
Sorry, :(
Carl
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4. Re: Carl BUG in EE
Hello Carl
>This, on the other hand, I haven't a clue about. So I'll ask a few
>questions:
>
>* What version of DOS/Win do you use and how much memory do you have?
Win98 (haven't tried it on Dos) 48 Mb RAM
>* Does this happen randomly, or does it only happen in certain parts of the
>program? (Bugs?)
It SEEMS to be random but it is rather rare and I can't remember
when or where it has happened or if there is a pattern.
>* If yes, what do you have loaded in your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT
> (Possible Conflict?).
I'm not sure but I have a network card and a sound card that is different
from the "on-board" sound card that came with the computer.
I also have a 100 Mb partition of my hardrive that doesn't work properly. I
don't know about my config files, I'll look into them.
>* Does the Causeway error occur with the bound executable, with a
>source-code only installation, or both?
I think it's both but I'm not sure.
later,
Lewis Townsend
PS: I'll try to get you more info later.
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5. Re: Carl BUG in EE
>I'm not sure but I have a network card and a sound card that is different
>from the "on-board" sound card that came with the computer.
>I also have a 100 Mb partition of my hardrive that doesn't work properly. I
>don't know about my config files, I'll look into them.
>
>
>>* Does the Causeway error occur with the bound executable, with a
>>source-code only installation, or both?
>
Lewis:
I have never had a causeway crash with EE as far as I can remember
except when I try to run bad code.
Your crashs maybe caused by hardware, memory problem, or trying to
access a invalid memory location in a program that you are executing
from EE. You could also have interrrupt conflict between 2 soundcards
and network card. All so you said your hard drive doesn't work right,
what kind of problem do you have with the drive ?
Bernie
6. Re: Carl BUG in EE
Hello Bernie,
> Lewis:
>
> I have never had a causeway crash with EE as far as I can remember
> except when I try to run bad code.
I'm pretty sure it's not bad code. It doesn't neccesarily happen when I run
something. In fact I might be editing and running a program a dozen times
before the crash hits as I try to access a menu (in EE) or something.
> Your crashs maybe caused by hardware, memory problem, or trying to
> access a invalid memory location in a program that you are executing
> from EE. You could also have interrrupt conflict between 2 soundcards
> and network card. All so you said your hard drive doesn't work right,
> what kind of problem do you have with the drive ?
Okay, here's my hard drive problem:
When I first got my computer with the original factory settings it had
some kind of conflict that caused it to have to run in MSDos compatability
mode or some such silliness. I lived with it until I got a game (Tomb Raider
II) that required 32bit disk access or something so it wouldn't work with
the MSDos compatability thing. I didn't know how to fix the problem but one
time I formatted my hard-drive and just to see if I could, partitioned my
hard drive into 2 pieces. Remarkably the compatability problem disapeared.
Note that I had formatted before and always restored the factory settings,
the only difference this time was that I partitioned my hard drive. After
that, I could run Tomb Raider II and have never had a problem like it since.
However, I suppose, there still might be a problem with conflicts that would
cause the error.
hope this helps explain,
Lewis Townsend
PS: Also my on-board sound card was an ESS-Audiodrive and wasn't compatible
with many soundblaster games. When I put a SB16 in, things
started to work but the old ESS still uses up an IRQ and stuff because it
can't be removed. Maybe I don't have enough to go around now (what with my
network card and all)
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7. Re: Carl BUG in EE
Lewis:
The problem that I was originaly reporting sounds like the same problem
that you are having if you are are using the menu after selecting text.
The ESS soundcard can be causing conflicts. What brand of computer do
you have ?
Bernie
8. Re: Carl BUG in EE
Hello Bernie,
> The problem that I was originaly reporting sounds like the same problem
>that you are having if you are are using the menu after selecting text.
The trouble is, I don't remember exactly what I was doing
that caused the problem but yes it was something to do
with the editing or the interface, it wasn't when I ran
the program.
> The ESS soundcard can be causing conflicts. What brand of computer do
>you have ?
AST, almost everything was generic in it:
Cyrix processor
ESS soundcard
My first cdrom didn't work well.
My first CPU-fan stopped working...
later,
Lewis Townsend
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9. Re: Carl BUG in EE
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From: "Lewis Townsend" <keroltarr at HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: Carl BUG in EE
<snip>
> Okay, here's my hard drive problem:
> When I first got my computer with the original factory settings it had
> some kind of conflict that caused it to have to run in MSDos compatability
> mode or some such silliness.
That silliness is the 16bit FAT that dos uses, rather than the 32bit that
*only* windoze uses. In many cases, 32bit mode will slow the puter, and in
most cases it won't allow dos tools to access the hd. I have never used
anything but dos compatability mode, i have heard to many horror stories.
Besides, if there is an hd crash, you can't use your ole faithful dos/bios
recovery tools to retrieve the files.
Kat
10. Re: Carl BUG in EE
Lewis: Which model AST do you have ? Bernie
11. Re: Carl BUG in EE
- Posted by Lewis Townsend <keroltarr at HOTMAIL.COM>
Apr 27, 2000
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Last edited Apr 28, 2000
>That silliness is the 16bit FAT that dos uses, rather than the 32bit that
>*only* windoze uses. In many cases, 32bit mode will slow the puter, and in
>most cases it won't allow dos tools to access the hd. I have never used
>anything but dos compatability mode, i have heard to many horror stories.
>Besides, if there is an hd crash, you can't use your ole faithful dos/bios
>recovery tools to retrieve the files.
>
>Kat
Oh yes, and I forgot the best part. NOW that little 100 Mb
partition I have has to be reformatted quite often because
it gets screwed up some how, even if I never use it or put
anything on it. I never use it because I know I will lose
everything I put on it.
later,
Lewis Townsend
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