Zero pain in Zap during undo

That reminds me that I have at least another patch to finalize for a crash when adjust closing a new file. Zap attempts to extract a leafname from null filename. I have a fix for that part but there is still a secondary issue in the taskWindowModule.

I have been using StrongEd Taskwindow for a long time now, and I’m now on RISCOS 5.24 so things may have changed, but there used to be a problem with Zap taskwindow loosing a character at the line wrap.
Just thought I’d mention it while people are working on Zap, sorry if it has been fixed, or just not happening now.

Edit: Still on version 1.48 tnk-6, it only took*Showto see the line wrap (display) problem.
Converting the TW to text, and the characters reappear.

Edit: Still on version 1.48 tnk-6, it only took*Showto see the line wrap (display) problem.
Converting the TW to text, and the characters reappear.

How did you manage that? When in a TaskWindow, most of the wrap options are disabled, and the two (Wrap width and Line wrap) don’t change the output.

Of course, there is a bug there. Switch to “Auto width” and it all goes wrong. ;-)

please please upload the latest version to !Store as the latest version there is still 1.48.7.

I’ve put together a full release (Zap Ultimate 1.49). It’s basically (I hope) a fresh installation of Zap updated to the rick05 level. Any willing guinea pigs to give this a spin before I upload it to !Store?

http://heyrick.ddns.net/files/zap_ultimate_149.zip (2897KiB)

I’ve exorcised the HidePtr module (and scattered salt on the ground because that code was freaky-weird) so it won’t mess up on RISC OS 5.25 (any more than normal ;-) ).

Steve, you willing to give this a try yet?

Note – it uses my revised menu layout, so don’t just drop this one on top of an earlier installation unless you hated the original menu structure as much as I did.

nemo also posted his menu layout here, if you’re interested in another possibility: https://www.riscosopen.org/forum/forums/11/topics/11340#posts-78706

How did you manage that? When in a TaskWindow, most of the wrap options are disabled,

Using the term ‘line wrap’ may have been confusing, I’m using defaults, except for bigger font.
When a line reaches the limit of the window and goes to a newline, one character is not displayed.
Converting the TW to text and they reappear.
Edit: Deleted my mumblings about new zap, I hadn’t installed new Resources.
The new install has gone back to standard font and a TW width of 156, maybe a residual setting I used I dont know.
Reducing the width to 77 and *show will have to use two lines, and characters will be seen to me missing.

Minor tweak to the Zap module:

        2018/09/25  rick-05
        
        Minor tweak to prevent Zap from ever trying to autoload the HidePtr module,
        should stop things going wrong if this version of Zap is dropped on top of
        an earlier installation. Thanks to Anton Reiser for spotting this.

HidePtr is like that final boss that just won’t die. :-/
Hopefully this fix will put it six feet under. Or at least make it an inert zombie-ghost thing.

The archive (link above) has been updated accordingly.

Anton has pointed out that there is a problem with Zap’s selections. A triple, quadruple, or quintuple click should select line, paragraph, all (actually I didn’t know Zap did that!) but it gets the selected area quite wrong.
Does anybody know how long this has been broken for?

I have uploaded Zap Ultimate (rick-05 version) to !Store.

I have called it “Zap Ultimate” and left the existing Zap in place (but added a note pointing people to this one). Why? Because I don’t know if there are people using !Store on 26 bit systems. The previous Zap should work for them, but the Zap Ultimate makes breaking changes (for instance it ditches support for DebuggerPlus) and in the future will concentrate only on working on 32 bit systems. As such, I decided to leave the existing Zap in case any older systems users might want it, and add this one specifically aimed at 32 bit.

Oh, and you’ll be pleased to know I added a note to the file (first thing you’d see) instructing the user that if they’re upgrading a previous installation of Zap, to find HidePtr and bludgeon it to death with an early ’90s flatbed scanner… ;-)

Does anybody know how long this has been broken for?

We’re still using 1.48 (12 Jul 2015) tnk-11 on an ARMX6 (yes, really must upgrade) and the triple, quadruple, quintuple click works fine, at least in C mode. And paragraph selection (quadruple click) selects the whole function you are in, which is rather nice. Though really it would be even handier if it selected the block, and then another click for the parent block etc.

Because I don’t know if there are people using !Store on 26 bit systems.

I can confirm there are people using !Store (and !Zap) on VRPC which is 26 bit.

and bludgeon it to death with an early ’90s flatbed scanner

I have an Epson GT-10000+ A3 SCSI flatbed scanner with sheet feeder but it is too heavy for this purpose (and in frequent use).

I have an Epson GT-10000+ A3 SCSI flatbed scanner with sheet feeder

Oooh green-eyed monster here! We have an Epson Perfection 2400 Photo that I got freecycle, which is very nice. But it’s not A3, and it doesn’t have a sheet feeder…