Hi, Gang --

It's been ages since I've read this list, so please be patient with me if
this has already been discussed to death.

I FINALLY got around this morning to downloading 3.4, beta 9 for Amiga from
the Softlogik secure site. (All 7-plus megs of it via a 56k modem...
sheesh!)

I'm currently running the latest version of 3.3 (b?) and it works well for
me, except for the occasional lock-up. What I want to know is, should I
install 3.4? The "beta" in the archive name frightens me a bit. Is 3.4
usable/stable on your systems? Are the improvements worth it?

Your insights greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Steve Folberg

--
"*Amiga* - think different... think *really* different..."

"It is not your job to complete the work,
But neither are you free to abstain from it." -- R. Tarfon, Pirkei Avot

Visit my homepage athttp://lonestar.texas.net/~rebbi

or

http://www.main.org/ctacs

Steve,
The only problem I've encountered is with the new spell checker. After it
has gone through all text and corrections have been made, PageStream locks
up, forcing a reset.
--
-Terry

On 11-May-00, terry cripe wrote:
> Steve,
> The only problem I've encountered is with the new spell checker. After it
> has gone through all text and corrections have been made, PageStream locks
> up, forcing a reset.

Okay, I installed PgS 3.4 b9 to my hard drive, and renamed my old
installation directory to Pagestream_old, rather than installing over it in
case of problems. PgS 3.4 is now in my Workagestream directory.

When I try to run 3.4, I get a system prompt asking me to insert volume
Pagestream4 in any drive. Creating this assign in a shell window clears the
prompt and allows the program to run.

However, the Help system won't work (the HHV program loads but can't open
the document softlogik.html). Also, the Spellchecker flags every word as
misspelled, leading me to think that it's looking for a dictionary that it
cannot find.

The assigns in my user-startup read as follows:

;BEGIN PageStream3
Assign PageStream: "WorkageStream"
Assign PageStream3: "WorkageStream"
Assign SoftLogik: "PageStream:SoftLogik"
Assign Fonts: "PageStream:SoftLogik/Fonts" ADD
;END PageStream3

Any ideas what else I need to do to fix these problems?

Many thanks!

Steve Folberg
--
"*Amiga* - think different... think *really* different..."

"It is not your job to complete the work,
But neither are you free to abstain from it." -- R. Tarfon, Pirkei Avot

Visit my homepage athttp://lonestar.texas.net/~rebbi

or

http://www.main.org/ctacs

> Okay, I installed PgS 3.4 b9 to my hard drive, and renamed my old
> installation directory to Pagestream_old, rather than installing over it
> in
> case of problems. PgS 3.4 is now in my Workagestream directory.

you mean 4.0b9 i think??

> When I try to run 3.4, I get a system prompt asking me to insert volume
> Pagestream4 in any drive. Creating this assign in a shell window clears
> the
> prompt and allows the program to run.
>
> However, the Help system won't work (the HHV program loads but can't
> open
> the document softlogik.html). Also, the Spellchecker flags every word as
> misspelled, leading me to think that it's looking for a dictionary that
> it
> cannot find.
>
> The assigns in my user-startup read as follows:
>
> ;BEGIN PageStream3
> Assign PageStream: "WorkageStream"
> Assign PageStream3: "WorkageStream"
> Assign SoftLogik: "PageStream:SoftLogik"
> Assign Fonts: "PageStream:SoftLogik/Fonts" ADD
> ;END PageStream3

for version *4.0* you need also a PageStream4: assign.

byebye...

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> you mean 4.0b9 i think??

Don't think so. 3.4b9 does excist, as opposed to 4.0b9.

> for version *4.0* you need also a PageStream4: assign.

Yes, but the question was about 3.4beta9, not 4.0beta5.

Dirk

Hello Steven

On or about 11-May-00, Steven Folberg wrote:
> On 11-May-00, terry cripe wrote:
>> Steve,
>> The only problem I've encountered is with the new spell checker. After it
>> has gone through all text and corrections have been made, PageStream
>> locks up, forcing a reset.

> The assigns in my user-startup read as follows:

> ;BEGIN PageStream3
> Assign PageStream: "WorkageStream"
> Assign PageStream3: "WorkageStream"
> Assign SoftLogik: "PageStream:SoftLogik"
> Assign Fonts: "PageStream:SoftLogik/Fonts" ADD
> ;END PageStream3

You need one more assign:

Assign PageStream4: "WorkageStream"

PgS 3.4 b9 is based on the same source as PgS4.0 so it looks for
PageStream4: at times.

One other problem with 3.4b9. Trapping was originally part of the 3.0
feature set but Deron decided to only implement it in 4.0+. If you open
the Line/Fill requester for an object there is a tab for trapping.
Pressing this tab immeadiately crashes the program. Hopefully, Deron will
write a patch to remove/ghost/disable this tab. In the mean time, just
remember "it's a trap!"

--
<tsb>*Dennis Griffin*
<tsb>http://www.triax.com/griffin
<tsb>Favorite Computer Game = AREXX

Hey there, Steven Folberg

v3.4 beta.3 is solid as a rock. Beta 9 should be great!

On 11-May-00, Steven Folberg wrote:
> Hi, Gang --
>
> It's been ages since I've read this list, so please be patient with
me if
> this has already been discussed to death.
>
> I FINALLY got around this morning to downloading 3.4, beta 9 for
Amiga from
> the Softlogik secure site. (All 7-plus megs of it via a 56k modem...
> sheesh!)
>
> I'm currently running the latest version of 3.3 (b?) and it works
well for
> me, except for the occasional lock-up. What I want to know is, should
I
> install 3.4? The "beta" in the archive name frightens me a bit. Is
3.4
> usable/stable on your systems? Are the improvements worth it?
>
> Your insights greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Steve Folberg
>
Regards
--
DAVID L. STEVENS - dstevens@cityscape.net - Springfield, IL USA
TEAM AMIGA - Jay Miner Society - SPUG Computer Club

***It sure is easy when you're telling someone else how to do it.
***

On 12-Mag-00 Dennis Griffin wrote:

> You need one more assign:
>
> Assign PageStream4: "WorkageStream"
>
> PgS 3.4 b9 is based on the same source as PgS4.0 so it looks for
> PageStream4: at times.

It is not sufficient: inside the program the name of some file
(PageStream3.colors, for example) are hardcoded like PageStream4.colors. I
had to patch the executable with a binary editor.

> One other problem with 3.4b9. Trapping was originally part of the 3.0
> feature set but Deron decided to only implement it in 4.0+. If you open
> the Line/Fill requester for an object there is a tab for trapping.
> Pressing this tab immeadiately crashes the program. Hopefully, Deron will
> write a patch to remove/ghost/disable this tab. In the mean time, just
> remember "it's a trap!"

Yes, and from time to time I have also problems undoing operations like
reshape and movement of simple objects.

I think that sooner or later Deron should try to give 3.x users a more
updated version.

Andrea
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