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Re: [StrongED] Which SE version?

In message <mpro.okwkke003s1ig0zd5.pittdj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
          David Pitt <pittdj@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Martin, on 5 Feb, wrote:
> 
> > I am determined to have (yet) another go at converting myself from Zap to
> > SE.
> > 
> > Should I start with v4.69f9  (20 Jun 2016)
> >                  or v4.70a11 (24 Sep 2016) ?
> > 
> > I believe these are the latest ones available.
> 
> A close decision, of the sort that pins were invented for.

It's going to depend on what features are required. For most things 4.69
and 4.70a11 are on par but there are differences. For example 4.69 only
allows bitmap fonts that are 8 pixels wide, 4.70a11 allows widths up to
32 pixels.

Handling of BASIC files has been altered too, and I'm not entirely happy
with the changes in 4.70a11 TBH.

> > I appreciate v4.70 is still only 'alpha' test but is it sufficiently
> > stable for normal use?
> 
> 4.70a11 is in full use here, it is certainly very stable. If there are any
> outstanding bugs then I have forgotten what they are. It is not very 'alpha'
> in practice! However that could just change with a12, obviously that is
> improbable but not impossible. 

The 'alpha' nature is more in that new features are still volatile and
may be changed or even removed in the next release.

> > Can they both be installed and use a common !StrED_cfg?
> 
> It is best to assume that that is not the case. Some changes to StrongED do
> require changes within StrED_cfg. I have both 4.69f9 and 4.70a11 readily
> available here but they have their own, isolated, StrED_cfg's.

Yes, that would be best. Due to the changes to bitmap fonts the font
names are stored differently, 'System' (4.69) vs 08x16.System (4.70a11).
There are some more that I don't recall immediately but the result is
that the choices will differ and that may cause some problems. 

Cheers,
Fred.

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StrongED Developer
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