Hello Christian!

*** 29.10.03 at 06:05, Christian Boettger wrote to Martin Foster:

 CB> In FIDO.XPOINT on 28.10.03 (received 29.10.03)
 CB> Martin Foster  uttered
 CB> on the subject "new beta Version OpenXP (3.8.13)":

 CB>>> Do I get it right that you're testing the DOS executable on
 CB>>> Windows? Is it just for testing?

 MF>> Yes and yes.

 CB> OK.

I'd just like to expand on this a little .....

I'm doing the initial testing under Windows simply because I find it much  
more convenient to do so. As soon as I have a fully configured and working  
version, I'll transfer it all over to my MS-DOS machine for exhaustive  
testing.

 CB>>> It would be much better to use the Windows-Version if you're
 CB>>> running Windows in the first place. There's absolutely no reason
 CB>>> for using the DOS Version under Windows.

 MF>> I'm sorry to have to say this but I don't like the Windows
 MF>> version. To be more precise, I don't like the slow reaction time
 MF>> to key presses.

 CB> Hmmm. Well, as long as you don't need Fido-over-IP,

I *do* need Fido-over-IP and I don't see a problem with that, although I  
have to admit that the built-in Fido-over-IP in the Windows and Linux  
versions is very desirable and a breeze to set up.

 CB> UUCP-over-IP

Personally, I don't need that.

 CB> or the internal clients,

External clients shouldn't be a problem but once again, I admit that the  
built-in POP3/SMTP/NNTP in the Windows and Linux versions is also very  
desirable and also a breeze to set up.

 CB> that should be OK.

We shall see ;-))

 MF>> Oooooops, I should have said it looks like it's continually
 MF>> reporting the mouse coordinates regardless of whether they have
 MF>> shifted or not.

 CB> Markus has disabled this useless debug entry. There seems to be bug
 CB> in FreePascal connected to this, he's waiting for a reaction from
 CB> fpc and well upload the new oxp version after that.

OK, thanks.

New snapshot (openxp-3.8.14-27.dos.rar) just downloaded and installed and  
I can confirm that DEBUGLOG.TXT no longer contains the mouse coordinates  
reporting. However, I still get the crash which I reported yesterday.

Regards,
Martin

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