MC IDE

[Klaus Major]

Hi Richard,

> Klaus Major wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>> the new engine (or more precise the new RR IDE) will drop
>> the good old "hand" cursor...
>> I think we will have to take that into account?
>> Any comments/hints/suggestions?
>
> That's a bug, which I would imagine would be fixed before 2.5 is  
> released.  Removing the hand cursor completely would be a horrifyingly  
> bad decision if it were intentional, as it would completely eliminate  
> the sort of browser-like hand-cursor-over-clickable-text features so  
> easy to do in all previous releases for more than a decade.
>
> I'm not sure why the hand cursor was accidentally removed from the  
> current beta, but I'm confident the smart folks at RunRev will restore  
> it before shipping.

Aha, very interesting...

> Just as basic and essential but much harder to fix is to allow the  
> answer file command to work reliably on OS X.  Given the OS's  
> schizophrenic relationship with the Classic Finder fileType info, the  
> current engine has an answer file syntax for Mac that often makes many  
> valid files unselectable by the user.
>
> This is documented, with a recommended fix -- if you're in a voting  
> mood it's at:
> <http://www.runrev.com/revolution/developers/bugdatabase/show_bug.cgi? 
> id=605>

I already voted for that long ago...

My current workaround is to let the user select ANY file and tell him  
afterwards if it is not
the correct filetype...

> -- 
>  Richard Gaskin
>  Fourth World Media Corporation

Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de