Hello,

> I have been trying out PGS 5.0.4.17 Mac beta and have the following
> initial comments:
>

Good to here!

> BORDERS TOOL
>

Found it right away. It had not been recompiled for some changes. Fixed
in next release.

Very good

> MOUSE CURSOR The appearance of this is still erratic.

It should be better now, but I saw something last night that I have not
been able to reproduce. The exact steps to reproduce will be important
in the next release so I can stamp out the last of these. The problem
all steps from poor Apple documentation. Seems that focus can change
without events being sent...

> FIND/CHANGE and similar boxes.
>

Fixed for next release. This was related to focus changing without
notification.

Good & Good

> CHANGING PAGE SIZE ON SCREEN I find that I am getting 2s and 3s
> dotted around my documents because in this version 1, 2, 3 & 4 change
> the page size only if the pointer tool is selected. In the previous
> version 'Apple 1', 'Apple 2', 'Apple 3' and 'Apple 4' changed the
> page size whatever tool is selected. I think that trhis was much
better.
>

If you can look it up and tell me what the commands were in the past
version (I don't have the ability to run the classic mac version with
this computer) I'll do what I can. I don't see a conflict with any
command, so I'm not sure why they are not still there.

The commands in PGS 4.0.9 on Mac 9.2 classic were:

Apple 1 = 100%

Apple 2 = Full height

Apple 3 = about 50%

Apple 4 = Fullwidth

Where 'Apple' is the key on either side of the space bar.

These commands worked whatever tool was selected at the time.

> I have managed to produce a document using PGS 5.0.4.15 but when I
> had nearly finished the file became unreadable after a crash.

When you get a crash, please choose "Report" and then send me the data
that it provides and any thing you can tell me about what you were doing
so I can reproduce the problem.

Yes! I should have done this but owing to deadline pressures I forgot!

> To sum up; it looks as if PGS is going to be useable on Mac OS X but
> there appears to be some way to go yet before it is as reliable as
> previous versions.
>

With good feedback, it should not take long to iron out the problems.
The fact that you got this far is a good thing! Just take good notes
when you have a problem and I'll do my best to fix it in the next
release. Save early, save often, and keep backups!

It's good to hear this. I will try to set up the Auto-backup system
properly next time.

With many thanks,

Cheerio

Terence Casey

> With many thanks,
>
> Cheerio,
>
> Terence Casey
>
> G4 PPC Mac running OS X 10.4.11
>
>

Thanks,

Deron

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