Wednesday October 27, 2021; 8:59 AM EDT
Anton found a data-losing bug yesterday. Unfortunately I'm head-down right now on getting international blogs working properly, it's a big job that must be done, or else I would join Anton in figuring out what went wrong in this case. #- Meanwhile there is still a data-losing problem that was uncovered by Scott Hanson ten days ago, similarly I have not been able to focus on that. But these are big issues. #
- Also yesterday, a report from gwthompson that the Delete file command deleted a file when he pressed Cancel. I could not reproduce, and after a time, it stopped misbehaving on his machine. If you can confirm, that would be helpful. As always, steps to reproduce are essential. I might just rewrite the confirmation code, it could use it. Caveat: Only test with files you can afford to lose! 😄#
- Software maintenance is a lot like working on a car, or a human body. Sometimes parts wear out after years of use. You then have to roll up your sleeves and figure out what happened, and fix it. In software, unlike cars and humans, you always can fix it, but sometimes it's easier than others. A teaser, I came across some features in Old School that people have been asking for that I forgot were there. I will save those to write up for when I'm done with this project.#
- One more thing, I saw on a Drummer blog (I don't recall which one) someone said that adding links to outline text is very hard and that Markdown is easier. I wonder if people don't know how easy it is in Drummer. Here's how you do it...#
- To add a link select the word or phrase you want to link from, click the link icon in the left edge (it's the second one), paste the URL into the dialog and click OK. That's it. #
- The feature is documented. #
- I can't wait to be done with what has turned into a fairly major rewrite that is necessary. #
Wednesday October 27, 2021; 8:59 AM EDT
- Anton found a data-losing bug yesterday. Unfortunately I'm head-down right now on getting international blogs working properly, it's a big job that must be done, or else I would join Anton in figuring out what went wrong in this case. #
- Meanwhile there is still a data-losing problem that was uncovered by Scott Hanson ten days ago, similarly I have not been able to focus on that. But these are big issues. #
- Also yesterday, a report from gwthompson that the Delete file command deleted a file when he pressed Cancel. I could not reproduce, and after a time, it stopped misbehaving on his machine. If you can confirm, that would be helpful. As always, steps to reproduce are essential. I might just rewrite the confirmation code, it could use it. Caveat: Only test with files you can afford to lose! 😄#
- Software maintenance is a lot like working on a car, or a human body. Sometimes parts wear out after years of use. You then have to roll up your sleeves and figure out what happened, and fix it. In software, unlike cars and humans, you always can fix it, but sometimes it's easier than others. A teaser, I came across some features in Old School that people have been asking for that I forgot were there. I will save those to write up for when I'm done with this project.#
- One more thing, I saw on a Drummer blog (I don't recall which one) someone said that adding links to outline text is very hard and that Markdown is easier. I wonder if people don't know how easy it is in Drummer. Here's how you do it...#
- To add a link select the word or phrase you want to link from, click the link icon in the left edge (it's the second one), paste the URL into the dialog and click OK. That's it. #
- The feature is documented. #
- I can't wait to be done with what has turned into a fairly major rewrite that is necessary. #