SB BBC @ GBR
Oldie hints/tips #205-206
Hints and tips from the archives of Wakefield BBC Micro User Group...

205. Master VIEW/VIEWsheet hint
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This applies if you use View or Viewsheet, and your Master normally starts
up in Mode 7, but you use View or Viewsheet in Mode 0 or 3. It is useful to
enter Mode 0 or 3 before starting View or Viewsheet; this helps set them up
correctly to use 80 columns. In Viewsheet you get the correct default Printer
windows, while in View the ruler starts in 80 columns instead of 40. If you
do it after entering View or Viewsheet, you have to correct the ruler in
View, and edit the windows in Viewsheet.

206. Wordwise-Plus string bug
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It appears that all versions of Wordwise Plus, up to and including version
1.4F, contain a bug. This prevents strings from being compared correctly
under certain conditions. This affects segment programs, and can cause them
to execute incorrectly for no apparent reason. To see this bug for yourself,
assuming you have Wordwise Plus, try:

 CLS
 A$=""
 B$="ANYTHING"
  REPEAT
  A$=A$+""
  UNTIL B$<>B$
 PRINT "Bug! Press a key"
 x%=GET

This bug affects a number of the Wordwise support ROMs from various people,
so beware. A firm called IFEL of Plymouth on 0752-847286 have a version of
Wordwise Plus called WW+2 for #56-35, which has not got the bug, but does
have a number of nice new features. You can also upgrade from earlier
versions of Wordwise Plus at a reduced price. I do not yet know if this bug
exists in the Arc versions of Wordwise Plus. The WW+2 from IFEL is fully
approved by Computer Concepts.

73 Rick G4BLT @ GB7WRG