Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!claris!jake 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 Lines: 25 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 >> > -- > | 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