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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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Peter Young (zfc Ir) and family
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