What does Select have that we lack?

The shortage of active developers probably means that there is faint chance that the effort will be put into bringing the TB up to even that standard in the near future, […] In that case, developments that depend on the TB are hampered.

Regarding TB, isn’t it written in C as a sort of overlay between the application and the low level Wimp calls. Perhaps pointing this out may attract somebody proficient in C to look to tweaking a few things – as I can imagine some might otherwise have been put off imagining a wall of impenetrable assembler. ;-)

I’d look at it myself, but I’m a total newb when it comes to the Toolbox. Never ever used them.

I cannot see a good practical reason not to make the 2003 TB the baseline for all applications

No.
Logically it seems a sensible idea, moreso if it can be included in ROM.

However, there may come a time when an ARM (or OS) revision makes them exhibit problems (indeed, dating from 2003, are they ARMv7 safe?) and in that eventuality, our only recourse will be to remove them and downgrade to the current versions – risking breaking every application that uses them overnight.

Ideally, what we should be aiming for is having nothing in ROM that we don’t also have the sources for – isn’t the DNS resolver pretty much the only current offender?

So which set have we agreed to by downloading? The set that are in the archive we don’t see until later, or the set one the web site?
My money is on the web site copy – which is a bugger because it leaves out distribution by specifying “a personal non-transferable non-exclusive limited license” :(

The licence with the software. Because usefully, the web site licence states “You may be granted additional rights, which will be specified in the accompanying Software or documentation.” so it wouldn’t be unreasonable to assume therefore that the licence supplied with the software also counts – moreso as there appears to not be a restriction on supply in the licence contained in the archive, so before anybody could hold you in breach of the ROLtd website licence, they’d first need to demonstrate that you actually downloaded it from ROLtd’s site and did not obtain the archive from somewhere else (even “sneakerware”).

Mmm, my Japanese audio course box slid onto the top of my keyboard as I was logging in, so I’ve now discovered that Shift-F11 in NetSurf toggles the display of element bounding boxes…

Because usefully, the web site licence states “You may be granted additional rights, which will be specified in the accompanying Software or documentation.”

Missed that. So the stuff is distributable, but as you point out with no development it’s of limited interest.

I’ve now discovered that Shift-F11 in NetSurf

I have had similar discoveries about Firefox on the laptop – assisted in my discovery by furry person requesting sustenance. Should have taken notice when he patted my hand once, and then twice and then three times.

Logically it seems a sensible idea, moreso if it can be included in ROM.

I do not think that would happen with the 2003 set. Softloaded TB has been common for much of its history – think UnplugTBox. I appreciate your point about newer processors.

Ideally, what we should be aiming for is having nothing in ROM that we don’t also have the sources for

Ideally, yes, but how idealist can we afford to be? Could we end up with ideals intact and no RISC OS? ;-)

The licence with the software.

Of course. The the other argument is a red herring smelling of false controversy.

I have a copy of the archive downloaded from the ROL site many years ago. Under the licence I can give a copy to anyone. That it is identical to the file on 4QD’s site is immaterial.

I mentioned Basalt earlier, and I did prepare a download with the 2003 TB included because of that licence, but abandoned it.

The the other argument is a red herring smelling of false controversy.

Excuse me? It was a genuine question.
Poke not the sleeping mouse¹ lest it turn and bite the finger that pokes.

¹ t’aint a lion.

But to my way of thinking it doesn’t speed up anything as the main delay is when you move your hands to use the keyboard and that is unchanged.

Why does it have to be about speed? What about feel? In the same way one can open rather than run an application by introducing a delay.

Softloaded TB has been common for much of its history – think UnplugTBox.

Fair point – however this is encouraging people to depend upon better versions that will likely never be further updated. I just think that for nicer features now we’re heading towards a crisis tomorrow.

Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin.

Ideally, yes, but how idealist can we afford to be?

Given we have had numerous serious and important changes in the world of RISC OS, and we have lost software and developers with each, is it wise to encourage a situation where this could potentially occur again?

Could we end up with ideals intact and no RISC OS? ;-)

Sorry, that’s the ardent followers of the other branch. When their hardware dies and CJE/eBay can no longer provide replacement parts, or it becomes uneconomic, then their choice is what?

Here? RISC OS 5? The source almost completely available and it works on a variety of ARM devices. So long as somebody has the source and the DDE to build it, RISC OS will continue. I think the crowning achievement was the port to the Pi as that was a massively fundamental change in mini ARM boards – and the capabilities with low cost mean they are plentiful. Now and for the future. I’m sure they’ll be around (eBay etc) for many many years to come. Plus they’re static parts – no batteries to worry about. If you are concerned, you could buy one now and store it to use in a decade’s time…

This version of RISC OS will continue so long as there is interest.

All the more reason to look to exorcising anything for which there are no corresponding sources. Without those, fixing issues that may arise on newer processors is somewhere between difficult and impossible; especially as it is compiled C code in the case of the Toolbox so it may not even read like something a person would have written if they were using pure assembler.

I have a copy of the archive downloaded from the ROL site many years ago. Under the licence I can give a copy to anyone. That it is identical to the file on 4QD’s site is immaterial.

Exactly.

Of course. The the other argument is a red herring smelling of false controversy.

The situation is, of course, a lot more complicated than that. But then, most legal things are…

Why does it have to be about speed?

It was an assumption that it was more convenient / speedy. As I said earlier though, I simply don’t see the point in the extra mouse work when you have to start hitting the keyboard to do the rename anyway.
Indeed, if the navigation within the directory view was totally keyboard driven there’d be little point for the mouse at that point.

What about feel? In the same way one can open rather than run an application by introducing a delay.

Sounds to me like the features that have appeared in various other OS’s that I particularly dislike, e.g. defaulting to single-click to run.

What about feel? In the same way one can open rather than run an application by introducing a delay.

Sounds to me like the features that have appeared in various other OS’s that I particularly dislike, e.g. defaulting to single-click to run.

I thought double click & hold to open an application was RISC OS 5. Did I add a util?

(Ah, that’s how to double quote)

I thought double click & hold to open an application was RISC OS 5. Did I add a util?

Non-default option in Filer configure.

In answer to your question, Rick, on why I (in particular) have an original RiscPC over the newer Pi….well, I’ve been asking that myself over the past few days.
I have been contemplating selling my Acorn A3000, my two RiscPCs, my Acorn Electron and (yes, I’m sorry), my Commodore 64, and just sticking with the emulators on my Mac and PC, and my BBC Master, and purchasing a Pi with RISC OS 5. My problem is that I like the original hardware, even though I hardly use it – I’m just sentimental, I suppose.
I have since decided to keep the lot, with the exception of my RiscPCs – I’m intending to sell one, along with RISC OS 6.20 and possibly the VPod I have, keeping the other at RISC OS 4.39 (as it appears to work better), and still invest in a Pi and RISC OS 5…and actually purchase the card from ROOL as a way of donating some money.

I’m intending to sell one, along with RISC OS 6.20 and possibly the VPod I have, keeping the other at RISC OS 4.39 (as it appears to work better)

Did I misunderstand something somewhere? I thought 6.x was the bug fixed version of the pre-release (Select) scheme 4.3x
Or is the 4.39 being “better” just a preference for something specific?

Non-default option in Filer configure.

I’m 95% sure that it’s the default (at least in 5.21/5.22).

Edit: I’m glad that I didn’t say 99%; it’s not the default after all! I don’t remember configuring that, but I just did a fresh install in RPCEmu and sure enough, it isn’t the default.

Did I misunderstand something somewhere? I thought 6.x was the bug fixed version of the pre-release (Select) scheme 4.3x
Or is the 4.39 being “better” just a preference for something specific?

I find that 4.39 works better than 6.20 in my case – my SCSI devices are not ‘seen’ under 6.20, and my (ageing) USB card also doesn’t work under 6.20.

Did I misunderstand something somewhere? I thought 6.x was the bug fixed version of the pre-release (Select) scheme 4.3x
Or is the 4.39 being “better” just a preference for something specific?

4.39 is Adjust, which was a ROM-ised version of the softloaded continuous-development Select scheme. I think 6.0 was a version bump to ‘beat’ 5.xx, but 6.something had more major changes particularly related to the graphics stack (including native support for VPod and Viewfinder). I think it was the graphics changes which may have caused compatibility issues with some software.

(I have no direct experience as I’ve not used 6.xx)

4.39 is Adjust, which was a ROM-ised version of the softloaded continuous-development Select scheme.

OK, I’ll take your word on that. I have to say that most of that happened in a period when I all but stopped using RO and largely ignored the tiresome arguments. The dev details in the ROL stuff probably disappeared in the noise. ROL stuff was irrelevant anyway since the only machine I wanted to upgrade was the Iyonix.

@Fred

Any other small things are also not the same e.g. rename a file by slow double-click…

Wot Raik said is what I was actually thinking of.

Ah, thanks, should have remembered that. I never liked the delay though, it was too easy for the second click to be just a bit too early. It was an initial click with Adjust swiftly followed by a Select click for me.

@Colin

Why not change the toolbox? We are never going to move the version we have the sources for forward if everybody avoids changing them.

If I were any good at C I would but alas I’m not. I agree with you that it would be good to move the RO 5 version forward. Getting it up to the level of ROL’s 2003 release would be nice and as Steve Drain has pointed probably not too much work. Question is, who’s going to do it.

The shortage of active developers probably means that there is faint chance that the effort will be put into bringing the TB up to even that standard in the near future

At the very least I think we need a wiki or something listing the bugs and missing features of each toolbox module. Saying bring the toolbox up to the ROL standard is meaningless to me – how can someone fix bugs they don’t know about.

Then someone can tackle a particular module and not make the whole process seem too daunting.

I should like to see the C sources of the toolbox, were that permitted.
On and off over the years I have been trying to model its abstractions in a pointer-free way with Lua and I would like to confirm or deny my guesses; if the C sources are not too opaque, of course. Does anybody know how, or if it is possible, to see them?

At the very least I think we need a wiki or something listing the bugs 

+1

As a non toolbox user, all I really know is that something leaks memory and there are bugs. ;-)

With specifics, there would be a defined goal.

Gavin…

Uh…

https://www.riscosopen.org/viewer/view/castle/RiscOS/Sources/Toolbox/

(^_^)

[or did you mean the ROLtd version?]

did you mean the ROLtd version?

Gavin might like to try a friendly conversation with Aaron at 3QD.

And before anyone suggests it, no I’m not doing a wind up.¹ If I had the talent to do anything with the sources I’d do the talking myself.

¹ War is over, if you want it… Time to build a peace.

Just saw this on the RISC OS Six information page:

All toolbox modules should now work correctly if ResourceFS is restarted.

How likely is this to occur? I tried restarting ResourceFS in the CLI and the system aborted (at &FC1481E4, MessageTrans).
[perhaps ResourceFS is, therefore, another module that should refuse to die?]

I have found the RISC OS Select change logs. So…

It is for later releases than the modules available in the 2003 download. The versions in the 2003 download are given in bold, so anything after was fixed later on. There are… many bugs in Toolbox, it would seem. :-/

Toolbox – 1.87 (2006)

1.63 (13 Jun 2001) Corrected to use CLI RESDIR.
1.64 (04 Oct 2001) Added install rule.
1.65 (24 Nov 2001) Rik’s changes to reverse the order of the registrations of filters.
1.66 (12 Apr 2002) Updated CMHG file to include services.
1.67 (22 May 2003) Added function signatures.
Updated to use Wimp_Extend 14 for sprite files.
1.68 (01 Jul 2003) Tidied up makefile in preparation for modules release.
Updated veneers.
1.69 (07 Jul 2003) Ensure that all acknowledgements are passed through.
1.70 (14 Jul 2003) Updated to avoid Castle’s undocumented use of Wimp_Extend.
1.70 (15 Jul 2003) (retagged) Removed rogue debug.
1.71 (27 Aug 2003) Fix for event dispatch on Iyonix.
Rationalised assembler veneers.
Addressed some race conditions.
1.72 (05 Jan 2004) Minor code tidy up and more debugging added.
1.73 (07 Jan 2004) Added *Command to display registered objects.
Fix for SWI name list order.
Fix for aborts on memory release after module restart.
1.74 (07 Jan 2004) Tidied up output of Toolbox objects list.
1.75 (07 Jan 2004) Ordered registered objects list by class number.
1.76 (09 Jan 2004) Added validity checks to the Object registration SWI.
1.76 (09 Jan 2004) (retagged) Added error tokens omitted by previous checkin.
1.77 (01 Apr 2004) Fix for aborts on restarting Toolbox modules after a Toolbox application has been run and the modules killed in reverse order leaving only Toolbox.
1.78 (09 Apr 2004) Added help message for Toolbox_Objects.
1.78 (13 Apr 2004) (retagged) Minor fix for typo in header.
1.79 (25 May 2004) Added support for WakeUp timer events.
1.79 (25 May 2004) (retagged) Fix for Makefile failing to copy waker task to Resources for ROM.
1.79 (25 May 2004) (retagged) Minor update for the Waker.
1.80 (26 May 2004) Fix for retriggered events failing to be started correctly.
1.81 (09 Feb 2005) Changed name of background events to ‘Timers’.
Updated Filter delivery implementation to improve consistency.
Updated Timers task to be ever-present rather than started on demand.
1.82 (28 Feb 2005) Fix for failure to report private handle on timer events.
1.83 (01 Mar 2005) Completed support for ResourceFS.
1.84 (14 Feb 2006) Updated AOF area to match C usage.
1.85 (31 Mar 2006) Updated to zero frame pointer on entry to custom filter veneers.
1.86 (15 Sep 2006) Added support for notifying all object class modules (not just Window) that we have deferred a Wimp menu warning message (0×400C0) which will return on the next call to SWI Wimp_Poll.
Fixed a fatal bug in the debugging code immediately prior to calling SWI
Wimp_Initialise on behalf of a new client.
1.87 (25 Sep 2006) Removed erroneous initialisation of ancestor objects during filter after an error.

Window – 2.09

1.64 (13 Jun 2001) Changed to use RESDIR from CLI.
1.65 (04 Oct 2001) Added install rule.
1.65 (11 Oct 2001) (retagged) Fixed creation of directory for disc build.
1.66 (18 Mar 2002) Fix for crash on certain radio operations.
1.67 (20 May 2002) Added partial support for window colour reading.
1.68 (20 May 2002) Added support for parsing colour validations.
1.69 (24 May 2002) Text buffer length on popup menus added.
1.70 (03 Oct 2002) Added scroll request handling to sliders.
1.71 (01 Nov 2002) Fix for resizing radio and option buttons.
1.72 (21 Jan 2003) Fix for slider gadget reacting to well when a display field.
1.73 (13 Feb 2003) Updated Makefile to new format.
1.74 (16 May 2003) Fix for stringset failing to allocate sufficient space.
1.75 (20 Jun 2003) Tentative fix for windows shown with menu semantics mis-delivering events.
1.76 (23 Jun 2003) Fix for abort on shutdown.
1.77 (01 Jul 2003) Additional checks for validity of ‘current_task’ during shutdown operations.
Updated Makefile in preparation for modules release.
1.78 (11 Jul 2003) Fix for font handle leakage in icons.
1.79 (31 Jul 2003) Tidied up sources; using standard services file.
Added further check to transient window hidden raise function.
1.80 (17 Aug 2003) Fix for potential ‘divide by zero’ in Slider.
Rationalised APCS entry sequences in assembler code.
1.81 (31 Aug 2003) Fix for gadget event messages being issued with invalid sizes.
1.82 (11 Nov 2003) Fix for panes opening in different stack positions when moved.
1.83 (04 Jan 2004) Source tidy up in preparation for fixes for NumberRange et al.
1.84 (04 Jan 2004) Fix to reduce redundant MouseClicks from Slider gadget during drags.
Fix to reduce redundant ValueChanged from Slider gadget during drags.
Fix for slider_set_value enforcing the step size.
Fix for large ranges causing overflows on clicks and drags (Asm library).
Updated click positioning algorithm to use closest step unit.
1.85 (05 Jan 2004) Fix for failure to announce shutdown of external gadgets on death.
Fix for memory leak when external gadgets deregistered.
1.86 (05 Jan 2004) Added support for Window_GadgetLostFocus.
Fix for NumberRange failing to enforce bounds on reported values.
Note that under RISC OS 3.1 the behaviour of toolbox will be limited, but not to be unusable.
1.87 (07 Jan 2004) Added *Command to list registered gadgets.
Fix for registration with Toolbox using the wrong Class.
Small rationalisation of gadget entry point number processing.
1.88 (22 Jan 2004) Tidied up display of Window Gadgets to split size and identifier.
1.89 (23 Jan 2004) Added sorting of the gadget list on registration.
Checks for whether the gadget is already registered.
Added name for PlotGadget SWI.
Swapped order of gadget size and type in *Window_Gadgets.
1.90 (23 Jan 2004) Minor change to check for duplicated gadgets.
1.91 (23 Jan 2004) Fix for sorting of gadget types failing to check the gadget size.
1.91 (23 Jan 2004) (retagged) Fix for incrementing the gadget offset when registering gadgets.
1.92 (28 Mar 2004) Fix for some problems with Window_Wimp_WimpToToolbox.
1.93 (09 Apr 2004) Fix for gadget sorting in Window_Gadgets.
1.94 (25 Apr 2004) Fix for scroll wheel moving sliders by twice the size they should.
1.95 (29 Apr 2004) Limited NumberRange writable input to 12 characters.
1.96 (22 May 2004) Improved support for icons created with outline fonts present.
Fix for font leakage on icon delete.
Fix for font leakage on Gadget_Plot calls.
Added support for vertical labels.
1.97 (23 May 2004) Rationalised label orientation and alignment flags.
1.98 (09 Feb 2005) Added WindowShow gadget notification.
Rationalised the internal gadget handling into macros.
Rationalised external gadget dispatch to allow multiple gadgets with the same core type to be handled sensibly.
Disabled the (potentially dangerous) ‘extras’ on button type gadgets.
Added support for SimpeMoveGadget external gadget operation.
Updated *Window_Gadgets in light of naming conventions.
Addd Button_GetFont for reading fonts for Button gadgets.
1.99 (10 Feb 2005) Added support for add and remove icons in gadgets.
Rationalised the add code on gadget creation to use same code.
2.00 (11 Feb 2005) Updated ‘CreateGadget’ support function to return -1 for failure.
Updated gadget creation to pass allocated help pointer to the external gadget.
Fix for memory leak on clearing help messages on gadgets.
2.01 (16 Feb 2005) Added export of defs and headers.
2.01 (17 Feb 2005) (retagged) Updated headers to include version number.
2.02 (21 Feb 2005) Fix for PlotGadget errors when gadgets use default handlers being propogated.
2.03 (28 Feb 2005) Added support for external gadget handler extension fields.
Added support for gadget timer operations.
Added support for gadget redraw operations through RedrawManager.
2.04 (01 Mar 2005) Completed support for ResourceFS.
2.05 (17 Nov 2005) Added WindowGadgetMouseScroll event support.
2.06 (14 Feb 2006) Updated AOF area to match C usage.
2.07 (20 Mar 2006) Added definitions for GadgetMouseScroll events.
2.08 (02 Apr 2006) Fix for uninitialised use of structure during gadget creation and plotting.
2.09 (15 Sep 2006) Fixed bug in interpretation of Wimp scroll request events (negative direction values were misinterpreted as mouse scroll).
Fixed bug where it was possible to manipulate a faded slider using a mouse scroll wheel.
Fixed non-X SWI in debugging code that was fatal on task initialisation.
Fixed memory corruption upon discovering alien Wimp SWI intercept and made associated error message internationalisable.
Switched from using SWI Window_PreSubMenuShow to new service call notification (requires Toolbox ?.).
Unknown SWIs now cause a generic error instead of being ignored.
Window objects shown as sub-menus are now linked into the menu tree by updating the relevant Wimp sub-menu pointer (requires Menu ?.).
Fixed bug where objects shown by key activation of action button were always persistent and at default position.
Implemented Shift-Return and Shift-Escape to activate Default or Cancel action buttons without hiding Window.
New template flag for Toolbar objects enables non-local action buttons to hide their parent Window.
Fixed bug where the value in display-only number range gadgets could be changed by mouse scroll.
Fixed bug where setting the bounds of a number range that incorporates no slider would cause method 578 to be called on component 0 of the Window.
Fixed bug where the background of disabled slider gadgets was not faded and hence could still be clicked or dragged to alter the slider position.

ToolAction – 0.28

0.20 (13 Jun 2001) Changed to use CLI RESDIR.
0.20 (25 Sep 2001) (retagged) Removed o files from checked out version.
0.21 (04 Oct 2001) Added install rule.
0.22 (30 May 2003) Updated to use new style makefile.
0.23 (01 Jul 2003) Tidied up makefile in preparation for release.
0.23 (05 Jul 2003) (retagged) Fix for clean ROM build.
0.23 (05 Jul 2003) (retagged) Fix for misexported resources.
0.24 (29 Jul 2003) Fix for disc based build restoring flags incorrectly.
0.25 (27 Aug 2003) Disabled use of TinyStubs.
0.26 (06 Jan 2004) Fix for erroneously registered gadgets.
0.27 (03 Apr 2004) Tiny change to the sprite icons to make them ‘Needs Help’.
0.28 (16 Feb 2005) Added export of defs and header.
0.28 (17 Feb 2005) (retagged) Updated header to include version number.
0.29 (13 Oct 2005) Fix for misnamed header declaration in defs file.
0.29 (18 Nov 2005) (retagged) Fix for OSLib exports overriding the Toolbox exports.

Menu – 0.51

0.37 (13 Jun 2001) Changed to handle new amus RESDIR on CLI.
0.38 (03 Oct 2001) Added install rule.
0.39 (11 Feb 2003) Updated to use new style makefile.
0.39 (11 Feb 2003) (retagged) Fix for resources failing to export.
0.39 (13 Feb 2003) (retagged) Fix for resource export.
0.40 (01 Jul 2003) Tidied up makefile in preparation for release.
0.41 (04 Nov 2003) Fix for adjust-click items closing window incorrectly.
0.42 (06 Nov 2003) Fix for sub-menus of Menu which are not themselves Menu objects causing spurious events to be delivered (“ColourMenu bug”).
0.43 (07 Jan 2004) General source tidy up.
0.44 (27 Jan 2004) Added message data to alternate submenu warning.
0.45 (16 Feb 2005) Added export of defs and header.
0.45 (17 Feb 2005) (retagged) Updated header to include version number.
0.46 (01 Mar 2005) Completed support for ResourceFS.
0.47 (15 Jul 2005) Fix for failure to claim post-filter calls when objects identified.
0.48 (28 Feb 2006) Fixed Menu_GetHelpMessage, Menu_GetEntryText, Menu_GetEntrySprite, Menu_GetEntryHelpMessage and Menu_GetTitle to return buffer requirements.
0.49 (16 Mar 2006) Menu_HasBeenHidden events are now delivered for individual sub-menus as well as the root object in a menu tree.
The flags returned by SWI Toolbox_GetObjectInfo now reflect as accurately as possible whether a Menu object is currently showing, even if only as a sub-menu.
Fixed bug where sub-menus in which no item is selected could remain on screen after the underlying Wimp data structure had been moved (e.g by method Menu_AddEntry) or destroyed (upon deleting the object).
Fixed another manifestation of the same bug where open sub-menus were not always updated to reflect any changes (e.g. ticking and fading).
0.50 (15 Sep 2006) Fixed problem where a Menu_HasBeenHidden event would be delivered (and subsequent calls to Toolbox_GetObjectInfo would indicate the object as hidden) if the user ADJUST clicked upon the arrow leading to a sub-menu that is already showing.
Objects shown manually by the client task as a sub-menu (e.g. in response to a Menu_SubMenu event) are now reliably linked into the Wimp menu tree, so that they don’t fail to re-open after an ADJUST menu selection. A new service call mechanism provides this facility to other class modules.
Errors of the form “Submenu (component, 0×01234567, of object, 0×89abcdef) not known” no longer occur when a Menu Warning or Help Request message is received and the current menu selection path includes sub-menus that were not linked into the menu tree by method Menu_SetSubMenuShow.
Unknown SWIs now cause a generic error instead of being ignored.
0.51 (15 Sep 2006) Centralised control over inclusion of debugging code.

IconBar – 1.26

1.19 (13 Jun 2001) Changed to use RESDIR from commandline.
1.20 (03 Oct 2001) Added install rule.
1.21 (12 Feb 2003) Updated to use new style makefile.
1.21 (12 Feb 2003) (retagged) Fix for malformed makefile.
1.21 (13 Feb 2003) (retagged) Fix for resource export.
1.22 (01 Jul 2003) Tidied up makefile in preparation for release.
1.23 (07 Jan 2004) General source tidy up.
1.24 (16 Feb 2005) Added export of defs and header.
1.24 (17 Feb 2005) (retagged) Updated header to include version number.
1.25 (28 Feb 2005) Completed support for ResourceFS.
1.26 (14 Apr 2006) Fix for typo in capitalisation of Resources filename.

ColourDbox – 0.32

0.20 (13 Jun 2001) Tidied up the resource path.
0.21 (03 Oct 2001) Fixed install rules.
0.22 (12 Feb 2003) Updated to use new style makefile.
0.22 (13 Feb 2003) (retagged) Fix for resource export.
0.23 (01 Jul 2003) Updated makefile in preparation for modules release.
0.24 (11 Nov 2003) Fix for failure to return size or data correctly when dialogue unopened.
0.25 (14 Nov 2003) Fix for object handles being passed incorrectly when attached to submenus.
0.26 (25 Nov 2003) Fix to remove debugging command.
0.27 (07 Jan 2004) General source tidy up.
0.28 (15 Jan 2004) Re-ordered Messages file to ensure that lookups from ROM work.
0.29 (16 Feb 2005) Added export of defs and header.
0.30 (17 Feb 2005) Updated header to include version number.
0.31 (28 Feb 2005) Completed support for ResourceFS.
0.32 (15 Sep 2006) Fixed memory leaks if registration of filters failed upon object creation.
Guard against recurring errors when showing a delayed object (after delivering a ColourDbox_AboutToBeShown event).
Fixed unpredictable centring behaviour for an object already showing that is re-shown using Menu or SubMenu semantics.
Objects shown as sub-menu are now properly linked into the Wimp menu tree (requires Menu 0.51).
Unknown SWIs now cause a generic error instead of being ignored.
Potentially supports any colour model (including those with more than 16 bytes of extension data).
Displayed colour and model are now reset to the last confirmed choice (or that set by the client task) when the user clicks the ‘Cancel’ button.
Fixed overrun of buffer passed to method ColourDbox_GetColourModel, when the specified object is showing.
Fixed unpredictable behaviour of ColourDbox_GetColour on a hidden object due to earlier lack of memory or if called prior to a colour having been set by the user or client program (dereferenced NULL pointer) .
ColourDbox_GetColourModel now returns a result even if the object is hidden and a colour model was not previously set by the client program.
Lack of memory no longer results in reversion to the colour specified in an object’s template when it is next shown.
Fixed bug that caused ColourDbox_GetColour on a hidden object to return a truncated descriptor after the user had updated or confirmed the displayed colour.

ColourMenu – 0.32

0.21 (13 Jun 2001) Corrected resource location after amu update.
0.22 (03 Oct 2001) Fixed the install rules.
0.23 (12 Feb 2003) Updated makefile to new format.
0.23 (13 Feb 2003) (retagged) Fix for resource export.
0.24 (01 Jul 2003) Updated makefile in preparation for module release.
0.25 (25 Nov 2003) Tidied up debugging code.
0.26 (07 Jan 2004) General source tidy up.
0.27 (15 Jan 2004) Re-ordered Messages file to ensure that lookups from ROM work.
0.28 (16 Feb 2005) Added export of defs and header.
0.29 (17 Feb 2005) Updated header to include version number.
0.30 (28 Feb 2005) Completed support for ResourceFS.
0.31 (28 Feb 2006) Fixed ColourMenu_GetTitle to return buffer size requirements.
0.32 (15 Sep 2006) Replaced code that determines whether object showing, fixing bugs caused by belief that ColourMenu not open if no item highlighted in it.
A ColourMenu shown manually by the client task as a sub-menu (e.g. in response to a Menu_SubMenu event) is now reliably linked into the Wimp menu tree so that it doesn’t fail to re-open after an ADJUST selection (requires Menu 0.51).
ColourMenu_HasBeenHidden events are now generated for sub-menus as well as when a ColourMenu is the root object in a menu tree, including when alternative sub-menus are opened (requires Toolbox 1.86). This event may also now be generated as a side-effect of Toolbox_GetObjectInfo.
Unknown SWIs now cause a generic error instead of being ignored.

DCS_Quit – 1.22

1.10 (13 Jun 2001) Fixed up use of RESDIR.
Changed to commit maintained version numbering.
1.10 (14 Jun 2001) (retagged) Moved the DCS/Quit resources up a level.
1.11 (03 Oct 2001) Added install rules.
1.12 (08 Oct 2001) Corrected install name.
1.12 (12 Oct 2001) (retagged) Re-renamed the component to DCS.
1.13 (13 Dec 2002) Resized buttons to be ‘standard’ sizes.
1.14 (20 Jun 2003) Updated dialogue boxes to new style.
1.15 (01 Jul 2003) Updated makefile to new format.
1.15 (01 Jul 2003) (retagged) Changed component build name to DCS_Quit.
1.16 (05 Jul 2003) Added inittarget for ROM build of resources.
1.17 (02 Sep 2003) Fix for RAM build of module failing to install resources correctly.
1.18 (07 Jan 2004) General source tidy up.
1.19 (07 Jan 2004) Updated SWI name for Quit SWI to reflect use.
1.20 (16 Feb 2005) Added export of defs and headers.
1.20 (16 Feb 2005) (retagged) Added header files missed in last update.
1.21 (17 Feb 2005) Updated headers to include version number.
1.22 (28 Feb 2005) Completed support for ResourceFS.

FileInfo – 0.27

0.19 (13 Jun 2001) Corrected to use RESDIR from CLI.
0.20 (03 Oct 2001) Added install rule.
0.21 (12 Feb 2003) Updated to use new style Makefile.
0.21 (13 Feb 2003) (retagged) Fix for makefile breakage during clean build.
0.21 (13 Feb 2003) (retagged) Fix for resource export.
0.22 (01 Jul 2003) Tidied up makefile in preparation for modules release.
0.23 (07 Jan 2004) General source tidy up.
0.24 (15 Jan 2004) Re-ordered Messages file to ensure that lookups from ROM work.
0.25 (16 Feb 2005) Added export of defs and header.
0.26 (17 Feb 2005) Updated header to include version number.
0.27 (28 Feb 2005) Completed support for ResourceFS.

FontDbox – 0.32

0.19 (13 Jun 2001) Corrected to use RESDIR from CLI.
0.20 (03 Oct 2001) Added rules to ensure that disc build works.
0.21 (13 Feb 2003) Updated makefile to new format.
0.21 (13 Feb 2003) (retagged) Fix for resource export.
0.22 (01 Jul 2003) Tidied up makefile in preparation for release.
0.23 (07 Jan 2004) General source tidy up.
0.24 (15 Jan 2004) Re-ordered Messages file to ensure that lookups from ROM work.
0.25 (16 Feb 2005) Added export of defs and header.
0.26 (17 Feb 2005) Updated header to include version number.
0.27 (28 Feb 2005) Completed support for ResourceFS.
0.28 (08 Jan 2006) Fix for IsShowing state failing to be set on Cancel clicks.
Fix for memory allocation failures.
Fix for memory and object leaks.
Fix for potential stack corruption.
Fix for system font allowances in dialogue.
Rationalised reset of dialogue box.
0.29 (28 Feb 2006) Fixed FontDbox_GetFont to return buffer size requirements.
Fixed inaccurate buffer size when system font selected.
0.30 (20 Mar 2006) The ‘Try’ button is now faded whilst system font is selected.
Added a new flag in the object template (bit 3) which, if set, causes the controls over text size and aspect ratio to be faded also.
0.31 (15 Sep 2006) Fixed failure to release memory and delete underlying Window object if registration of post-filters failed upon object creation.
Unknown SWIs now cause a generic error instead of being ignored.
Guard against unlikely case of recurring error when showing a delayed object (after delivering a FontDbox_AboutToBeShown event).
The Toolbox_Error event raised if an error occurs when setting the font for the ‘Try’ text now includes the relevant object and component IDs.
For consistency with classes that support show-as-submenu, the underlying
Window object is now shown with the same parent object and component IDs as the FontDbox (instead of with no parent, as before).
SWI Toolbox_GetObjectInfo on a FontDbox object now returns a more up-to- date indication of whether the dialogue box is actually on screen.
0.32 (15 Sep 2006) Centralised control over inclusion of debugging code.

FontMenu – 0.33

0.23 (13 Jun 2001) Corrected usage of RESDIR to the command line.
0.24 (03 Oct 2001) Added missing install rules.
0.25 (03 Jun 2002) Fix for menu creation in submenus (aborts in Zip2000).
0.26 (12 Feb 2003) Updated to use new makefile format.
0.26 (13 Feb 2003) (retagged) Fix for resource export.
0.27 (01 Jul 2003) Tidied up makefile in preparation for release.
0.28 (07 Jan 2004) General source tidy up.
0.29 (16 Feb 2005) Added export of defs and header.
0.30 (17 Feb 2005) Updated header to include version number.
0.31 (28 Feb 2005) Completed support for ResourceFS.
0.32 (28 Feb 2006) Fixed FontMenu_GetFont to return buffer size requirements.
0.33 (15 Sep 2006) Replaced code that determines whether object showing, fixing bugs caused by belief that FontMenu not open if no item highlighted in it.
A FontMenu shown manually by the client task as a sub-menu (e.g. in response to a Menu_SubMenu event) is now reliably linked into the Wimp menu tree so that it doesn’t fail to re-open after an ADJUST selection (requires Menu 0.51).
Now raises own error instead of propagating “Buffer overflow” if the font identifier is too long for a FontMenu_Selection event.
FontMenu_HasBeenHidden events are now generated when alternative sub-menus are opened by the user (requires Toolbox 1.86), and also as a possible side-effect of Toolbox_GetObjectInfo.
Unknown SWIs now cause a generic error instead of being ignored.
Corrected size of ‘font_id’ member of FontMenuSelectionEvent structure.
Centralised control over inclusion of debugging code.

PrintDbox – 0.30

0.16 (13 Jun 2001) Changed to use CLI version of RESDIR.
0.17 (03 Oct 2001) Added install rules.
0.18 (12 Feb 2003) Updated to use new style Makefile.
0.18 (13 Feb 2003) (retagged) Fix for resource export.
0.19 (21 Jun 2003) Updated to use the standard divider between buttons and entry icons.
0.20 (01 Jul 2003) Tidied up makefile in preparation for release.
0.21 (07 Jan 2004) General source tidy up.
0.22 (15 Jan 2004) Re-ordered Messages file to ensure that lookups from ROM work.
0.23 (16 Feb 2005) Added export of defs and header.
0.23 (17 Feb 2005) (retagged) Updated header to include version number
0.24 (01 Mar 2005) Completed support for ResourceFS.
0.25 (07 Nov 2005) Fix for mis-positioned divider when certain button combinations are used with ‘Draft’.
Fix for numerous memory allocation failure problems.
Fix for a few memory leak problems.
Fix for PrintDbox_SelectFromTo to work reliably.
Fix for PrintDbox_GetPageRange to work reliably.
Fix for Object leak on failures.
Large changes to rationalise the ‘reset’ the contents of the dialogue box.
0.26 (07 Nov 2005) Fixed assumptions in PrintDBox_GetPageRange.
New support for bounded page numbers, and upgrade of page range gadgets to be NumberRanges.
0.27 (09 Nov 2005) Updated PageLimit name.
Updated defs file with new API definitions.
0.28 (14 Nov 2005) Tidied up some redundant code.
Modified object creation to use body size rather than flags as page limit indicator.
0.29 (28 Feb 2006) Minor source change for renamed constant.
0.30 (15 Sep 2006) Guard against unlikely source of recurring errors when showing a delayed object (after delivering a PrintDbox_AboutToBeShown event).
Unknown SWIs now cause a generic error instead of being ignored.
The underlying Window object is now shown with the same parent object and component IDs as the PrintDbox (instead of no parent, as before).
SWI Toolbox_GetObjectInfo on a PrintDbox object now returns a more up-to- date indication of whether the dialogue box is actually on screen.
Centralised control over inclusion of debugging code.

ProgInfo – 0.25

0.17 (13 Jun 2001) Changed to use CLI version of RESDIR.
0.18 (03 Oct 2001) Added install rule.
0.19 (12 Feb 2003) Updated to use new style Makefile.
0.19 (13 Feb 2003) (retagged) Fix for resource export.
0.20 (01 Jul 2003) Tidied up makefile in preparation for release.
0.20 (01 Jul 2003) (retagged) Fix for makefile in full build.
0.21 (07 Jan 2004) General source tidy up.
0.22 (15 Jan 2004) Re-ordered Messages file to ensure that lookups from ROM work.
0.23 (16 Feb 2005) Added export of defs and header.
0.23 (17 Feb 2005) (retagged) Updated header to include version number.
0.24 (01 Mar 2005) Completed support for ResourceFS.
0.25 (07 Nov 2005) Fix for RAM resources being installed to wrong location.

SaveAs – 0.29

0.18 (13 Jun 2001) Changed to use RESDIR from CLI.
0.19 (03 Oct 2001) Added install rule.
0.20 (12 Feb 2003) Updated to use new style Makefile.
0.21 (13 Feb 2003) Fix for resource export.
0.22 (01 Jul 2003) Tidied up makefile in preparation for release.
0.23 (07 Jan 2004) General source tidy up.
0.24 (15 Jan 2004) Re-ordered Messages file to ensure that lookups from ROM work.
0.25 (16 Feb 2005) Added export of defs and header.
0.25 (17 Feb 2005) (retagged) Updated header to include version number.
0.26 (01 Mar 2005) Completed support for ResourceFS.
0.27 (07 Nov 2005) Fix for RAM resources being installed to wrong location.
0.28 (17 Nov 2005) Fix for inconsistent Cancel button operation.
Fix for many unchecked memory failure, and leaked memory conditions.
Fix for object leak during low memory situations.
Fix for Selection option state fading being ignored.
Fix for potential file overwrite when long paths used.
Fix for erroneous delivery of SaveAs_SaveCompleted.
Implemented the successful save indicator flag.
Added error report for non-Data-Transfer-compliant applications.
Fix for unbounded string copies.
Fix for spurious DataLoad messages sent under rare circumstances.
Reduced memory overhead.
Methods SetFileName and GetFileName are now more consistent.
Rationalised ‘Save’ button behaviour to allow for multiple client saves from a single dialogue.
0.29 (15 Sep 2006) Guard against recurring errors upon failing to show a delayed object (after delivering a SaveAs_AboutToBeShown event).
Minor fix to error handling if state of ‘Selection’ option cannot be read upon activation of ‘Save’ button.
Unknown SWIs now cause a generic error instead of being ignored.
The underlying Window object is now shown with the same parent object and component IDs as the SaveAs object (instead of no parent, as before).
SWI Toolbox_GetObjectInfo on a SaveAs object now returns a more up-to- date indication of whether the dialogue box is actually on screen.
Centralised control over inclusion of debugging code.

Scale – 0.26

0.16 (13 Jun 2001) Changed to use RESDIR from CLI.
0.17 (03 Oct 2001) Added install rule.
0.18 (13 Feb 2003) Updated makefile to new format.
0.18 (13 Feb 2003) (retagged) Fix for unsaved makefile.
0.18 (13 Feb 2003) (retagged) Fix for resource export.
0.19 (01 Jul 2003) Tidying of makefile for modules release.
0.20 (07 Jan 2004) General source tidy up.
0.21 (20 Mar 2004) Fix for clicking on Cancel not resetting state.
0.22 (16 Feb 2005) Added export of defs and header.
0.22 (17 Feb 2005) (retagged) Updated header to include version number.
0.23 (01 Mar 2005) Completed support for ResourceFS.
0.24 (07 Nov 2005) Fix for RAM resources being installed to wrong location.
0.25 (16 Nov 2005) Harmonised implementation of Adjust-reset with PrintDBox.
Fix for memory allocation failures.
Fix for rare memory and object leaks.
Fix for GetValue failing to read value correctly.
0.26 (15 Sep 2006) Guard against recurring errors upon failing to show a delayed object (after delivering a Scale_AboutToBeShown event).
Unknown SWIs now cause a generic error instead of being ignored.
The underlying Window object is now shown with the same parent object and component IDs as the Scale object (instead of no parent, as before).
SWI Toolbox_GetObjectInfo on a Scale object now returns a more up-to- date indication of whether the dialogue box is actually on screen.
Centralised control over inclusion of debugging code.

TextGadget – 0.94

Saving the best for last… Get ready for it…

0.20 (25 Sep 2001) (retagged) Removed resources path in Makefile.
0.21 (03 Oct 2001) Added install rule.
0.22 (16 Nov 2001) Added support for cursor positioning.
Fix for initial text offset bug.
0.23 (24 Nov 2001) Added changes from Rik Griffin.
0.24 (26 Nov 2001) Changed error returns to be valid.
0.25 (27 Nov 2001) Removed MemCheck references.
0.26 (15 Apr 2002) Added support for multiple columns in scrolllist.
0.27 (16 Apr 2002) Added ‘No selection’ and ‘Icon selection’ flags to Scrolling Lists.
0.29 (01 Jul 2002) Updated ScrollList fade algorithm.
Added column headings.
Redraw of wide lists improved.
Column sizing is now more reliable.
Rendering the gadget outline uses defined colours for ScrollList.
Rendering the gadget outline writes the name for ScrollList and TextArea.
0.30 (09 Oct 2002) Fix for reversed sprite pointer/name flags for items.
Fix for sprites being plot from specified area.
0.31 (09 Oct 2002) Fix for Help not being provided.
0.32 (11 Oct 2002) Fix for ‘option’ like selection being non-standard.
Fix for resizing failing when icons were toggled.
0.33 (02 Jan 2003) Fix for sprite highlighting (tentative).
Added some space beside associated sprites.
0.34 (23 Apr 2003) Updated Makefile to new format.
Added support for clipboard.
Added keyboard support for select all/none (ctrl-a/z)
Added support for reading text selection colours from the Wimp.
Added new flag for ‘Key notifications’ to gadget.
0.34 (23 Apr 2003) (retagged) Disabled debug now that I’m happy with it in real use.
0.35 (01 May 2003) Fix for caret/selection positions not being set.
0.36 (04 May 2003) Fix for deselecting items in scrolling lists.
Added AutoScroll to text areas.
Clicking in a Text Area will now give it the focus where selection is.
Redraw bugs now fixed where text is inserted from clipboard.
Selections will now reflect the current colours, rather than the unfaded colours.
Files other than text files are not dataloaded.
0.37 (04 May 2003) Improved redraw speed for unselected text.
0.38 (04 May 2003) Stripped out binary data from imported text to TextAreas.
Added TextArea_DataLoaded event.
0.39 (04 May 2003) Fix for dragging the text area selection causing a selection.
0.40 (08 May 2003) Fix for single pixel redraw glitch on cut.
Fix for text replacement on DataLoad generating binary data.
Added support for dragging to iconbar icons.
0.41 (08 May 2003) Removed the ability to insert tabs with ctrl-i in text areas.
0.42 (08 May 2003) Added support for keeping a ‘free’ pool of scroll list entries.
0.43 (09 Jun 2003) Fix for memory leak on opening scroll list gadget.
Allowed menu to be passed through to client in scrolling lists.
Optimised window sizing by centralising furniture size code.
0.44 (09 Jun 2003) Another tentative fix for dataload problems in TextAreas.
0.45 (23 Jun 2003) Fix for ‘hiding’ scrolling lists.
Fix for 0-length columns becoming infinitely wide.
Added support for reading the scrolling list font.
Removed clicks being passed on (was failed menu fix).
Added support for re-finding fonts on mode change (TextArea and ScrollList)
Tool furniture resizing can use RISC OS 4 Wimp call.
Fix for TextArea redraw bug on inserting text manually.
Fix for TextArea caret redraw bug resurfacing on cut text.
0.46 (01 Jul 2003) Fix for title bar sizing.
0.47 (03 Jul 2003) Added support for system font in text areas.
0.48 (05 Jul 2003) Fix for DataSaveAck response not using an estimated size of -1.
0.49 (06 Jul 2003) Fix for dragging objects to and from text areas.
0.50 (11 Nov 2003) Updated mis-aligned window when creating and toggling scroll bars.
Fix for mis-wrapped text on windows with scroll bars.
Fix for passing on clipboard events if the ClipboardHolder is absent
0.51 (03 Jan 2004) Initial support for DBRM in ScrollLists (disabled).
Improved item add speed and redraw handling in ScrollList (broken).
0.52 (03 Jan 2004) Moved DBRM code into separate file to simplify redraw reorganisation.
0.53 (09 Jan 2004) Added large amount of debug for locating leaks.
Rewrote column handling code in order to simplify its operation and make it more extensible.
Improved sprite rendering to allow sprites with non-22 eigen-factors.
0.54 (13 Jan 2004) Added initial code for user-specified ScrollList column widths.
Fix for SVC stack abuse during graphics window operations.
Fix for memory leak on removing ScrollList gadgets.
0.55 (14 Jan 2004) Added tentative code for horizontal scroll bar on ScrollingLists.
Added support for reading maximum sizes of the list Gadget.
0.56 (16 Jan 2004) Added support for controllable scrollbars.
Updated DBRM code (still disabled) to handle cancelled queries.
0.57 (17 Jan 2004) Optimised delete and add in Scrolling Lists.
Fix for memory leak/corruption in deleting from Scrolling List.
Fix for memory leak in remove where headings present.
0.58 (19 Jan 2004) Added support for ‘standard’ key bindings in the text area (SC-Cursors, Page Up/Page Down, Home).
Fix for dragging selection on systems without Wimp_AutoScroll.
Fix for exporting text with tabs in.
Fix for moving cursor through text with tabs in.
0.59 (20 Jan 2004) Fix for deleting tab characters.
Added support for Shift-cursors moving in words.
0.60 (20 Jan 2004) Fix for crash when loading files into TextArea.
0.61 (20 Jan 2004) Optimised region selection in TextAreas (similar to Slider optimisation).
0.62 (21 Jan 2004) Fix for redraw of ‘fast’ selections in TextAreas.
Fix for right margin redraw during selections in TextAreas.
Added support for changing the pointer shape over editable TextAreas.
0.63 (21 Jan 2004) Fix for ctrl-cursors (and ctrl-U) using logical lines rather than physical lines (TextArea).
Fix for word stepping being obscure when wordwrapping enabled.
0.64 (22 Jan 2004) Added QueryCompleted message for ScrollList gadget (unused without DBRM).
Added support for ‘GadgetLostFocus’ to TextArea.
Keyboard reduction of the selection to nothing now clears selection.
Insert text from memory (ie paste) now sets the caret correctly.
Using Adjust with no selection now extends from caret.
Using Adjust with a selection changes the nearest end.
0.65 (23 Jan 2004) Fix for adjust drags in TextAreas failing to select properly.
0.66 (24 Jan 2004) Reorganised text selection and dragging code.
0.67 (24 Jan 2004) Added support for ghost selections.
Single Select click in a window without focus merely gains focus now.
Added ‘DisplayOnly’ flag.
Updated fading algorithm to match ScrollList.
Key press handler reorganised to remove redundency.
0.68 (24 Jan 2004) Updated GadgetPlot to reflect scroll bar flags.
0.69 (27 Jan 2004) Adjust click to resize region now redraws correctly.
0.70 (27 Jan 2004) Updated to use invisible caret whilst selections in progress.
0.71 (30 Jan 2004) Updated assembler to use standard headers.
0.72 (15 Feb 2004) Many, many changes from Chris:
Fixed a bug in the code that interprets ‘wide’ characters (e.g. TAB), which caused the character at the caret position to be returned as ASCII 0. This manifested as incorrect Shift-Left/Right (skip word) behaviour, and almost certainly dates from version 0.58.
Fixed TextArea left-margin selection redraw bug when using system font.
Now shows hourglass during TextArea file operations that take more than 1/3 second.
Added large amount of extra debugging output.
Tentative implementation of double/triple/quadruple mouse SELECT clicks to select word/line/all in a TextArea, and multiple ADJUST clicks to extend a selection to end of word/line/text.
The standard C library isspace() function is now used in place of custom expressions when searching for start-of-word in a TextArea.
Extended auto-scroll of TextAreas during selection to correctly handle horizontal as well as vertical movement in the case where word wrap is not enabled.
Fixed the implementation of the TextArea_SetText method, which for some time had been completely broken.
Fixed bugs in the TextArea_GetSelection and TextArea_GetText methods, which were returning the string length in R5 rather than the number of bytes written.
Excluded various bits of apparently redundant code from TextArea.
Fixed a bug where ADJUST mouse clicks could be used to create a selection in a TextArea gadget that didn’t have its AllowSelection flag set.
More low-level OS errors are now trapped and passed up to the client application, rather than the relevant TextArea methods just ‘going wrong’. For example calling Gadget_MoveGadget may result in an error from Font_Converttopoints (used during re-calculation of the TA margin width).
Fixed strange jerky scrolling movement when dragging the ‘caret end’ of a TextArea selection on machines that do not support SWI Wimp_AutoScroll.
0.73 (18 Feb 2004) Rationalised faded rendering of the icons to use new Wimp interface.
0.74 (18 Feb 2004) Fix for font change on Text Area not affecting the scrollbars.
0.74 (18 Feb 2004) (retagged) Fix for files omitted during last checkin.
0.75 (20 Feb 2004) Partial fix for some redraw issues with sprite backgrounds on TextAreas.
0.76 (22 Feb 2004) Updated scroll bar plotting in ResEd for Scrolling Lists.
0.77 (01 Mar 2004) (retagged) Minor fix for renamed TextArea_GetWindowId.
0.77 (01 Mar 2004) More changes from Chris:
Multiple mouse clicks in a TextArea gadget will now cycle through the different stages of selection ad-infinitum, rather than just flickering subsequent to the fourth click.
Fixed a bug with the rendering of ScrollList and TextArea gadgets in ResEd.
More bugs fixed in the TextArea_GetSelection method, which behaved badly when no selection existed and also consistently overran the stated length of the client’s buffer.
Fading a TextArea gadget now results in it giving up the input focus, which is analogous to what happens when a writable field is faded.
The TextArea gadget now ignores attempts to alter the generic ‘faded’ flag (bit 31) using the TextArea_SetState method; client applications should instead use Gadget_SetFlags to fade or unfade a TextArea.
The TextArea_SetBackground method has also been extended to allow any existing background sprite to be removed and to allow use of sprites from the the Wimp pool.
A TextArea background sprite can now be specified by name as an alternative to passing a sprite pointer.
TextArea_SetBackground now checks that the specified sprite is accessible and (unless a Wimp sprite is being used) also verifies the sprite area. Any subsequent failure to render the sprite will result in removal of the background.
Bits 10-16 of the TextArea state have been reserved for various flags that in future versions of TextGadgets will control the display attributes of any background sprite (e.g. alignment and tiling).
Added a new method TextArea_GetWindowID to return the object Id of the nested window used to implement a TextArea gadget.
Widespread changes in favour of using dedicated SWI veneers (where available) rather than generic calling methods such as _swix().
0.78 (02 Mar 2004) Added click data to ScrollingList selection events.
Fix for Scrolling List selected colours when faded.
0.79 (06 Mar 2004) Unknown method numbers are now reported by the Scrollbar and TextArea gadgets.
Detection of repeat mouse clicks has been tightened up to exclude the possibility of false positives from rapid clicks in adjacent TextAreas.
Fixed a TextArea selection extension bug that manifested when the user double or triple clicked ADJUST beyond the end of the final word on a wrapped text line, and this caused the non-caret end of the selection to move.
Fixed a bug in the tab-parsing code which caused wrong jump-to-next-word behaviour when the caret position coincided with the start of a text line.
Internal changes in favour of accessing Font Manager SWIs through dedicated veneer functions in preference to using generic calling methods.
Continued review and improvement of internal propagation of OS errors.
0.80 (06 Mar 2004) A TextArea gadget will now pass Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V and Ctrl-X keypresses on to the client application when neither ‘Clipboard’ (bit 6) nor ‘KeyNotify’ (bit 8) state flags are set.
The correct component Id is now filled in for Wimp mouse click events on a TextArea gadget; previously only the object Id was set to that of the parent window.
0.81 (10 Mar 2004) Fixed a bug with using the TextArea_InsertText method to insert text immediately after a newline.
Removed some debugging text that had erroneously been left in the code that deals with Ctrl-U (delete line) key presses.
0.82 (21 Mar 2004) TextArea gadgets now recognised a variety of common plain-text file types, rather than refusing to load anything not typed as &FFF/‘Text’. However, selections are still saved with this file type.
Requests to load unrecognised file types (or when a TextArea is faded) are now rejected at an earlier stage to prevent unnecessary file access.
The TextArea gadget now fulfills its obligations to delete temporary files used for inter-application data transfer.
Tightened up TextArea’s interpretation of the AllowSelection flag to prevent the user from altering the extent of a pre-existing selection when selections are not allowed.
Fixed a redraw bug in TextAreas that don’t have AllowSave set, which was triggered by the user dragging SELECT within an existing selection. Users can now successfully start a new selection by this method; it is up to individual applications to decide whether this functionality is more valuable than drag and drop.
After the TextArea_SetText method had been called, the caret would be painted at the end of the text, yet the actual insert position (and origin of subsequent caret movement) was at the start of text. This bug has been fixed.
Fixed horizontal auto-scrolling in TextAreas that don’t have word wrap enabled (this had been broken since it was first implemented in 0.72).
Fixed a TextArea bug where dragging SELECT to start a new selection at the same time as restoring the input focus resulted in a bad initial redraw and subsequent behaviour more akin to an ADJUST drag. (Note: it is no longer possible to restore the input focus without losing/changing any existing selection, unless AllowSave is set and you click SELECT on the selection itself.)
For completeness, all Font Manager SWIs are now accessed via strongly typed dedicated veneer functions rather than by generic calling methods.
0.83 (27 Mar 2004) Fixed another TextArea bug concerning the case where the start of a drag coincides with restoration of the input focus, and hence other implications of the click are ignored. This time it is ADJUST drags where no selection exists (or not editable), and the fix is very similar to that already done for SELECT drags.
Calling the TextArea_SetSelection method no longer causes a TextArea gadget to claim the input focus – which it was doing even when the gadget in question was faded!
Calling TextArea_SetSelection (or pressing Ctrl-A) no longer results in the nested window being forceably scrolled so that the active (‘caret’) end of the selection is visible.
When an ADJUST drag of the non-active end of a selection finishes, the window no longer snaps back to reveal the active (‘caret’) end of the selection (which undid the effects of any auto-scroll during the drag).
Added a new TextArea key shortcut (Ctrl-Shift-Tab) to allow a user to swap which is the active (keyboard movable) end of a selection.
The TextArea_ReplaceText method will now silently swap the specified selection endpoints to ensure that start index >= end index. Previously the result of calling this method with reversed indices was undefined.
0.84 (25 Apr 2004) Fixed a critical bug that often resulted in data aborts when the user attempted to insert text into a TextArea gadget by drag & drop or by pasting from the clipboard (unless at end of text, or replacing a selection).
Fixed a minor problem where calling the methods TextArea_InsertText and TextArea_ReplaceText would have the undesirable side effect of forceably scrolling the text to the current caret position (even in a display-only TextArea).
The order of selection indices returned by the TextArea_GetSelection method (i.e. which is the ‘pivot’ end) now corresponds to the interpretation used by TextArea_SetSelection. Thus calling one method with the indices from the other no longer reverses the ‘direction’ of a selection.
The code that allows reversed indices as parameters to the TextArea_ReplaceText method (introduced in the previous version of TextGadgets) has been fixed to deal with the possibility that the end index may be ‘-1’ (meaning EOF).
0.85 (25 Apr 2004) Added support for indented rows.
0.86 (23 May 2004) The display attributes of a text area background sprite may now be controlled by configuring bits 10-14 of the gadget state (using TextArea_SetState). The alignment and tiling attributes of the sprite may be set for each dimension individually; for example you may have horizontal but not vertical tiling. The coordinate offsets supplied to TextArea_SetBackground still allow the position of the sprite to be fine-tuned, but this is now relative to the configured alignment (left/bottom, centred or right/top).
The TextArea_DataLoaded event is now generated upon pasting text from the clipboard into a text area, when ClipboardHolder delivers the data immediately from memory or file. Hitherto the client application would only be notified if the data transfer protocol were used.
Any of the known plain-text file types that may be dropped into a text area can now also be pasted from the global clipboard, rather than just clipboard contents of type 0xfff.
0.87 (23 May 2004) Fix for ScrollList Selection events not being sent for all items changed.
0.88 (23 May 2004) Rationalised ScrollList click handling.
0.89 (23 May 2004) Added support to ScrollList for DataTransfer operations and decoding mouse positions.
0.90 (15 Feb 2005) Added export of defs and header.
0.91 (17 Feb 2005) Updated header to include version number.
0.92 (13 Oct 2005) Fix for misnamed header declaration in defs file.
0.93 (18 Jan 2006) Removed redundant local glib files.
Rationalised DBRM interfaces to use Toolbox timers.
0.94 (28 Feb 2006) Fix for buffer overflow in ScrollList_GetFont.
Fix for ScrollList_GetFont to return buffer requirements.
Updated ScrollList_GetFont to always return font width and height.
Updated ScrollList_GetFont to propogate errors from FontManager.
Fixed TextArea_GetText, TextArea_GetSelection, ScrollList_GetItemText, ScrollList_GetHeadingText to return buffer requirements.
Fixed ScrollList_GetHeadingText to return buffer size correctly.
Fixed TextArea_GetSelection to return buffer size requirements.
Rationalised structure of the TextArea_DataLoaded event data (unfinished).
0.94 (28 Feb 2006) (retagged) Fix for unfinished changes to the symbol names change.

(phew!)

While there is a lot of unimportant rubbish in there (exporting definitions, wibbling headers, etc), there are some show stoppers.
What’s even worse, having a brief read of the above, there appear to be some crowd pleasers present in the current “good” (2003) version of the Toolbox, as there has been quite a bit fixed/extended since that release.

I’m seeing the words “leak(age)” and “corruption” way more than I’d like to in release code. I’m wondering if we should fix the Toolbox, or rewrite it from scratch, only this time, properly. :-P

or did you mean the ROLtd version?

No.

https://www.riscosopen.org/viewer/view/castle/RiscOS/Sources/Toolbox/

Never used CVS, nor Subversion. FTP is what I am used to – no typing in of commands, just drag from one window to another. So, hold my hand. What commands do I utter to get CVS to do its thing? I tried clicking on the Subversion repository is here but it was too busy.

The easiest way (in my opinion) to get the existing code is to download a Source code archive (not the CVS repository archive as that’s intended to be used with a CVS server).