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From: jake@claris.com (Char Fugel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacWrite II cut/paste/crash bug!
Message-ID: <10579@claris.com>
Date: 25 Sep 89 17:51:16 GMT
References: <10510@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara CA
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From article <10510@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>, by bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig):
> I came across a nasty bug in MacWrite II that I suspect other people have
> found, also.  I'd like to know how I can work around it, or get an upgrade...
> 
> It seems that when I cut and paste text under certain normal circumstances (I
> haven't yet isolated the circumstances), the document will suddenly be trashed.
> The text will become garbled, the cursor will behave in a *very* strange
> manner, and finally MWII will repeatedly try to re-flow the document until it
> gives up and crashes.
> 
> Anybody else come across this whiz-banger of a bug?
> 
>      << Brian >>
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> | Brian S. Kendig       |  I feel more like I   | bskendig                   |
> | Computer Engineering  |  did when I got here  | @phoenix.Princeton.EDU     |
> | Princeton University  |       than I do now.  | @PUCC.BITNET               |
> | Systems Engineering, NASA Space Station Freedom / General Electric WP3     |
Brian -

MacWrite II 1.0v2 should conquer the cut/copy/paste problem you're having.
This is a free update available to you directly from the campus reseller -
assuming of course you purchased your MacWrite there. If you bought your copy retail, then you need to call Claris direct.

Char -- Claris Customer Relations