From: "Lewis" Received: from [50.73.8.217] (account lgrosenthal@2rosenthals.com HELO [192.168.200.26]) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.10) with ESMTPSA id 2188274 for gotcha-dev@2rosenthals.com; Sat, 24 Jul 2021 14:50:48 -0400 Subject: Re: [gotcha-dev] Gotcha 2.0.1 RC 2 To: Gotcha! Developers Mailing List References: Message-ID: <60FC6105.30101@2rosenthals.com> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2021 14:50:45 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; Warp 4.5; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0 SeaMonkey/2.35 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Re-sending, for Steve's edification (just added to this list): On 07/23/21 02:27 pm, Lewis wrote: > Thanks for the new drop. Testing now. > > On 07/21/21 05:51 pm, Gregg Young wrote: >> On Tue, 20 Jul 2021 19:26:17 -0400 Lewis wrote: >>> Hi, Gregg... >>> >>> On 07/17/21 02:40 pm, Gregg Young wrote: >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> Attached is Gotcha 2.0.1 RC 2. I have an RC 1 which I don't think I >>>> released but... This release includes the following changes: >>>> 1. Uses unicode to list all the program languages correctly in their >>>> own language. >>>> 2. Language is now set from the LANG environment variable unless it is >>>> overridden. It can only be overridden in Gotcha as the language is no >>>> longer selectible in Gotcha Quiet. >>>> 3. Help language is no longer separately selectible and is set based on >>>> the program language. >>>> 4. Added Spanish translation from Alfredo. >>>> 5. Clean up of settings dialog and documentation. >>>> 6. Added some hard coded errors to the string table. >>>> 7. #ifdef out more code not used by Gotcha Quiet. >>>> 8. Add -i switch to Gotcha Quiet for use from RO media during AOS >>>> install. It suppresses the ini error messages, sets the save directory >>>> to z:\ and sets the file save type to numbered files (that are 8.3 >>>> format). >>>> >>>> Give it a try. Hopefully, no (or at least not many new bugs). Thanks >>>> >>> Setting aside the expected requirement for pmprintf.dll in a test build >> This should be gone. > > :-) > >>> Gotcha Quiet still seems to want to find *some* ini file, even if that >>> file is 0-length, otherwise it will throw an error for the missing >>> file. >> If this still happens please provide the exact error message. >> > > The INI-file ("gotchaq.ini") could not be opened! Defaults will be used. > > Yes, this still happens with RC2, and it appears to be > IDS_ERROR_INIFILENOTOPEN. > >>> It also displays an opening splash when the error is dismissed, >>> requiring OK to proceed. Is this intentional? >> No > > The window displayed says: > > Gotcha! Quiet Settings (titlebar) > > It has the About information, no tabs, and OK, Undo, and Help buttons with > the latter two greyed out. > > Also, I am not getting any images saved to %MEMDRIVE% now, at all. Opening > the settings with Alt-PrtSc, the Save directory is listed as: > > Z/ > > which is probably the cause. Changing this, however, does not correct the > behavior (likely because we can't write the INI file). > >>> Now, is the save directory hardcoded to z:? This can't be. I would >>> suggest adding a parameter to specify the save directory. This way, we >>> could do something like: >>> >>> \sys\apps\gotcha\gotchaq -i %MEMDRIVE%:\ >> I can do this but I now just get the MEMDRIVE env variable and use it. >> All saves to the root of the MEMDRIVE. > > I forgot that we discussed this in AN ticket 1056. If you get the > %MEMDRIVE% variable, you'll need to append the ":\" to it. > >>> because we can't guarantee that Z: will always be the RAM disk (we fall >>> back from there if Z: is not available, but the variable will always >>> point to whatever letter was ultimately used). >>> >>> Runtime Issues: >>> >>> 1. After a successful screen capture, Gotcha Quiet leaves the >>> previously-focused window in the background. >> This should be fixed >> > > Confirmed fixed. > >>> This is problematic in that >>> it renders navigating the installer difficult to navigate, as it is >>> unclear to the user that the installer is in the background. >>> >>> 2. Upon my 2nd PrtSc press, Gotcha Quiet prompted me for a save >>> location. IOW: >> This should also be fixed > > Confirmed fixed. > >>> ArcaOS installer started; I pressed PrtSc & heard the beeps >>> I returned focus to the installer and advanced to the license page; >>> I pressed PrtSc & heard the beeps - and was presented with a Save >>> screenshot to ... dialog, which defaulted to the Gotcha directory on the >>> ISO. >>> >>> I went to System Management and restarted the installer. >>> I pressed PrtSc & heard the beeps (no prompt) >>> I returned focus to the installer and advanced to the license page; >>> I pressed PrtSc & heard the beeps - and was presented with a Save >>> screenshot to ... dialog, which defaulted to the Gotcha directory on the >>> ISO. >>> >>> I went to System Management and deleted the saved pngs. >>> I pressed PrtSc & heard the beeps - and was presented with a Save >>> screenshot to ... dialog, which defaulted to the Gotcha directory on the >>> ISO. >>> >>> Pressing Alt-PrtSc brought up the settings dialog. The Save page was set >>> to Prompt for filename. Perhaps we are reverting to default behavior >>> because the INI cannot be written. >>> >> Right now the save directory and the use of numbered save file can not be >> changed from the settings for installs. I can probably make them >> selectable if really needed. >> >> Please try this with a Spanish installer and see if the language is set >> properly. >> > > It seems to be, yes. That said, the first tab and page of the options > dialog for gotchaq is blank. Ayuda does nothing (no help launched). > -- Lewis