From: Mr. Noyb (noyb49@HOTMAIL.COM)
Date: 13 Dec 99, 22:26 EST
From: "Mr. Noyb" <noyb49@HOTMAIL.COM> Hello Alphans! [*] I have a problem that I hoped would have been fixed in today's upgrade to 7.2.2fc10. The problem first occurred when I upgraded to 7.2.1b12 and I believe that it has been mentioned on the list before (8 April). I have changed a folder name which contains an Alpha file (folder and file names are letters & spaces only) which: 1. Breaks Alpha's save code - I get the "Weird, this file..." error, although the file *is* saved; 2. Makes Alpha list the whole path with some junk at the end in the Window menu *and* disables both selection of the file from the menu & the command-<number> shorcut. 3. Brings up the file contents in an "untitled" window when I use the "Open..." menu item from Alpha. File open from the Finder works fine. Is there a work-around for this? I also find myself unable in the LaTeX completions tutorial to "use the 'back-quote' key to jump to the next completion example..." - just exactly which key is this? Is it the "`" key? If so, all I get when I press it is a "`" character. I can't find a word about the 'back-quote' key in the rest of the documentation! I also find that the electric completions fail to work properly in section (e). Please help! While I'm asking questions, why is it necessary for so many versions (beta & final) of Alpha to be (pre)released? There are some obvious disadvantages to this from my POV: Frequent changes introduce instability to Alpha - an intended bug fix has often introduced more bugs, for example. Far more disturbing for me, the behaviour of some of Alpha's routines is (seemingly arbitrarily) changed between releases. Twiddle is a good example. I like Alpha - I use it for almost all my editing jobs and I even registered! May I cast a vote for less emphasis on frequent version releases with minor bug fixes & new features and more emphasis on fewer version releases with improved stability & improved documentation? Mr. Noyb [*] Who remembers Space 1999? :) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com