[Coco] MShell Update Notes

[Bill Pierce]

Mshell fans and testers...
I have posted what will probably be the last "announced" update to MShell for a while.
I have fixed most of the things that were noticed by those who were reporting problems to me and for the most part, it was a successful test run.
 
I am at a dead stop now due to an old error in the drivewire v-ports driver, and cannot complete the PC file reader as planned until this is resolved... which I hope is soon.
My plans for MShell at this point is the rethink the menus and basic layout and I'll probably do a complete rewrite to clean up some spilled "spagette code" as the sauce started getting on everything.
Maybe by the time I get things cleaned up, the dw bug will be squahed and I can carry on from there. If not, I will start working on modules that do not require the dw4 drivers as the whole system is not dw oriented. There are lots of the modules that have nothing to do with dw that can be started.

Updates via the internal updater will still be active as I make progress, but nothing is garaunteed at this point. The current version of MShell is fairly stable and usable. I do hope to get the OS9 to OS9 copies working before I do the rewrite though as that would make it all worthwhile.

I want to thank those who tried MShell and informed me of their results. It got a lot of things cleared that would have plagued me later had I not released a test run.

Thank you for all the help.
 

Bill Pierce
"Today is a good day... I woke up" - Ritchie Havens
 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wed, May 21, 2014 11:03 am
Subject: [Coco] MShell Update Notes



Hi MShell fans,
Since the last update, I've receveid several complaints about the version 
numbers in the updater. Two of those I answered publically.

So as an "official" statement...
This is a "TEST VERSION" of MShell. Therefore, it's set up for... testing.
MShell's version numbers in the program and the updater are for testing. Not the 
actual versions. The updater will ALWAYS show numbers higher than the program... 
even if you just updated. This is so I can test the updater again with the 
downloaded update. If the numbers were correct, once you update, you could not 
test the updater again as there would be no updates available!

And as a note... Sometimes you may update MShell and find some unusual "prompts" 
in actions.... This is most likely where I left my debugging prompts installed 
and haven't removed them yet. Yes they are bothersome, but ignore them, hit 
enter (in most) and carry on. And remind me to remove them LOL

I want to thank all who are testing MShell for me. It has made finding the bugs 
much easier and they are slowly disappearing and MShell is growing one or two 
features at a time. It will soon be time for major updates by adding new 
modules. That's when this gets fun. The planned modules will make MShell the 
most useful OS9 program since "dir" :-)
For more  info on what's planned for MShell and to get the downloads, visit the 
MShell website/blog:

https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/mshell---the-ultimate-os-9-gui

Thanks to everyone, your help and comments are appreciated :-)


Bill Pierce
"Today is a good day... I woke up" - Ritchie Havens
 

My Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3 
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http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/
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