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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