Documented Cursor Bug...Please try.

Klaus Major klaus at major-k.de
Thu Dec 1 12:16:38 EST 2005


Hi Chipp,

> Hi all,
>
> Jerry Daniels and I spent about an hour today trying to create a  
> very simple recipe to replicate the 'Cursor stuck on I-beam'  
> phenomenon most of us see regularly. I've built cursor libraries in  
> the past to fix this, but the latest Rev engine (Windows) goes  
> bezerk with the hand cursor sometimes and ends up writing garbage  
> all over the screen. So, I'm more determined to just get Rev to fix  
> the engine.
>
> Here's the deal. I would very much appreciate it if many of you  
> could test out this simple recipe stack:
>
> type into the msg box (or cut and paste):
>
> go URL "http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit2/RunRev/cursorbug.rev"
>
> The instructions are plain, and you can get back to me on this list  
> whether or not your curson got 'stuck.' It's been tested on Windows  
> XP but not much on other platforms. It would be great if MC users  
> could test this too, so we can document it as an engine bug and not  
> an IDE bug (I believe this in an engine bug).

Tested with MetaCard on OS X 10.4.3, and yes the bug is there.

But no garbage of any kind on the screen, just the iBeam cursor!

> Thanks!!!
>
> -Chipp

Best

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




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