The Last Word: Yet Another Critical Update...

[flashjazzcat]

Hi Folks

 

The saga of the cursed version 3.21 goes on. I was writing some readme files this evening on the Atari using version 3.21a, and I wondered why the word processor felt so sluggish. Surely an editor this unresponsive didn't win the ABBUC's Application of the Year award two years running?

 

Turns out that in fixing one bug, LW 3.21a had introduced another. Namely, it wrecked the editor's intermittent screen redraw engine, slowing the editor right down.

 

I've simply reversed the changes to that routine.

 

Please download The Last Word 3.21b and discard all previous versions.

 

The new bank management stuff of 3.21a remains, and the equates are still the same, so all the 3.21 extensions still work.

 

Download LW 3.21b from Atari8:

 

The Last Word Download Page

 

Direct LW 3.21b Download Link

 

Please tell your friends...

Edited May 9, 2011 by flashjazzcat

[NML32]

Thanks for the update.

[flashjazzcat]

Just re-uploaded with corrected DOS 2.5 ATR.

[w1k]

updated

[kurtm]

Hi Folks

 

The saga of the cursed version 3.21 goes on. I was writing some readme files this evening on the Atari using version 3.21a, and I wondered why the word processor felt so sluggish. Surely an editor this unresponsive didn't win the ABBUC's Application of the Year award two years running?

 

Turns out that in fixing one bug, LW 3.21a had introduced another. Namely, it wrecked the editor's intermittent screen redraw engine, slowing the editor right down.

 

This one isn't so bad. The last one could delete files, this one just slowed you down. If you've got to have a bug, the slowdown is preferable.

 

--Kuty

[+Stephen]

Updated.