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Re: [StrongED] StrongHelp 2.89 available
On 17 Jan 2017 Fred Graute <fjgraute@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <mpro.ojxn4t003gfn00jac.pittdj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> David Pitt <pittdj@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> David Pitt, on 16 Jan, wrote:
>>
>>> Peter Young, on 16 Jan, wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 16 Jan 2017 Fred Graute <fjgraute@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>> Thanks again, Fred, and I'm glad it's not just me :-) However, it gets
>>>> odder. I've been out since this morning, and coming back, with
>>>> StrongHelp 2.89 being seen at setup, Messenger Pro also been seen at
>>>> startup but not then run, I find: Run MPro, click on Help, and a
>>>> transient message comes up, not recorded by WimpLog "Unable to load
>>>> SCSI::SSD.$.Messenger" (had to reboot several times to make sure I'd
>>>> copied that correctly), and 2.98 is run and no help file appears. Then
>>>> try to do the same again without rebooting, and StrongHelp 2.89 runs and
>>>> the correct manual appears.
>>>
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>> All very weird, but at least I get the help file at the second attempt.
>>>
>>> Same here, it takes two goes to get the manual to appear.
>>
>> The last line of !Messenger.!Help perhaps should be :-
>>
>> RMEnsure StrongHelp 2.10 Run <StrongHelp$Dir> Messenger !Root
> Yes, that what's required to make it work on SH 2.88+ because it no
> longer does a lookup if no page name is specified. The reason for that
> change is to avoid tripping over a 26-bit !Pre, without the lookup you
> can at least open manuals with an old !Pre.
Thanks again. Please excuse my ignorance of these things, but that
RMEnsure line above looks a bit odd to my uninformed eye. Do I put
that in just as I see it, or should there be some punctuation there?
If someone can confirm this to me, I'll write to Andrew @ RComp to
suggest the change.
Best wishes,
Peter.
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