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Blocek v1.7 (Announce)

posted by Zyzzle, 30.10.2022, 12:32

> After many years I finally managed to adapt my text editor Blocek to new
> generation of my GUI system Wokna32.
> So finaly the version 1.7 is here!
Possible bug report? Blocek 1.7 on my baremetal DOS system runs, and displays the initial screen with sample PNG image perfectly. I'm using CTMOUSE as mouse driver. However, when I attempt to do any activity, such as start a new document, change the font, or access an item on a menu, Blocek appears to initiate the action (eg, New Document), but then becomes completely non-responsive. The mouse still works, the system does not freeze, but nothing can be done. Requires a re-boot to get back to DOS.

I'm running plain MS-DOS DOS 7.1, Blocek is on a 64MB ramdrive, the only TSRs loaded are the XMS driver and the RAMDRIVE. Strange. I've seen this same behavior (phantom freeze / going into limbo) on two of my DOS laptops now. Both have 4 GiB - 8 GB of memory. Limiting memory size intentionally doesn't solve the problem.

Have you seen this behavior in Blocek before, or has anyone reported such problem with the new 1.7 version?

Complete thread:

• Blocek v1.7 - Laaca, 27.10.2022, 00:49 (Announce)
  • Blocek v1.7 - Zyzzle, 30.10.2022, 12:32
    • Blocek v1.7 - Laaca, 30.10.2022, 15:58
      • Blocek v1.7 - Laaca, 30.10.2022, 19:24
      • Blocek v1.7 - Zyzzle, 30.10.2022, 23:22
        • Blocek v1.7b - Laaca, 31.10.2022, 21:52
          • Blocek v1.7b - Zyzzle, 01.11.2022, 03:41
            • Blocek v1.7b - Laaca, 05.11.2022, 23:07
              • Blocek v1.7b - fritz.mueller, 05.11.2022, 23:35
                • Blocek v1.7b - Laaca, 06.11.2022, 00:28
                  • Blocek v1.7b - fritz.mueller, 06.11.2022, 14:01
                    • Blocek v1.7b - fritz.mueller, 06.11.2022, 14:20
  • Blocek v1.7 - KormaX, 04.11.2022, 23:23
  • Blocek v1.71 - Laaca, 16.11.2022, 00:15
  • Blocek v1.72 - Laaca, 26.12.2022, 00:18
    • Blocek v1.72 - rr, 26.12.2022, 14:26