9.3

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I'll continue here where the 9.2.3 discussion has finished.

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Everything has been merged to one folder. The programs are now sorted in categories.

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I'm removing MSL, SIOUX, WASTE and PowerPlant from all my programs.

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I'm removing C strings from all my programs.

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My entire framework is now available in the OS 9.3 SDK as libraries with headers. Every Xxx library comes in 2 versions. XxxLib is meant for release versions while XxxDbg is meant for debug versions. XxxDbg shows filenames and line numbers in error messages.

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I'm replacing all my console programs with a different type of console. CodeWarrior's console is a text processor where the cursor is always at the end, and when the program is finished you can save the text. My console program is a program that writes a text (which may be longer than 2 GB) and it displays the last lines in a window. This is much faster and uses little memory.

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See in the attachment an example of a new, faster and smaller type of console program. (If you choose Quit before it's finished, then it will continue without updating the window and then it will quit.)

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I found the way to relink OS 9.2.3. I replaced the shared libraries with static libraries and I made a third target where the static libraries are replaced with the code in those libraries, but this target is usually not built because it takes too long. But if I wish, I can easily debug it.

These programs are now in the Utilities folder in OS 9.3.

There are a few changes:

• The about box is replaced with the standard about box from PowerPlant.
  
• Object calculator doesn't know that certain flags are for folders only, but I will change that.
• The programs are 11 times larger because the code is linked in every program instead of shared libraries.

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/* Finder flags (finderFlags, fdFlags and frFlags) */
/* Any flag reserved or not specified should be set to 0. */
/* If a flag applies to a file, but not to a folder, make sure to check */
/* that the item is not a folder by checking ((ParamBlockRec.ioFlAttrib & ioDirMask) == 0) */
enum {
    kIsOnDesk                   = 0x0001,                       /* Files and folders (System 6) */
    kColor                      = 0x000E,                       /* Files and folders */
                                                                /* bit 0x0020 was kRequireSwitchLaunch, but is now reserved for future use*/
    kIsShared                   = 0x0040,                       /* Files only (Applications only) */
                                                                /* If clear, the application needs to write to */
                                                                /* its resource fork, and therefore cannot be */
                                                                /* shared on a server */
    kHasNoINITs                 = 0x0080,                       /* Files only (Extensions/Control Panels only) */
                                                                /* This file contains no INIT resource */
    kHasBeenInited              = 0x0100,                       /* Files only */
                                                                /* Clear if the file contains desktop database */
                                                                /* resources ('BNDL', 'FREF', 'open', 'kind'...) */
                                                                /* that have not been added yet. Set only by the Finder */
                                                                /* Reserved for folders - make sure this bit is cleared for folders */
                                                                /* bit 0x0200 was the letter bit for AOCE, but is now reserved for future use */
    kHasCustomIcon              = 0x0400,                       /* Files and folders */
    kIsStationery               = 0x0800,                       /* Files only */
    kNameLocked                 = 0x1000,                       /* Files and folders */
    kHasBundle                  = 0x2000,                       /* Files only */
    kIsInvisible                = 0x4000,                       /* Files and folders */
    kIsAlias                    = 0x8000                        /* Files only */
};
I assume that this means that 0x0200 is reserved for folders. It should be 0, but when you check it, it's 1.

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My own Unicode conversion is 13 times faster than Apple's UnicodeConverter.

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I'm changing the AppleScript support of all my programs. For every event I define a class like QuitSupport or AppDiedSupport. Then I derive the program class from those classes. It's easier and safer and you can easily find which program supports which events.

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The high level tools have been relinked. 47% of the low level tools have been relinked. Then I have one REALbasic program "Pseudo undelete" that has to be finished (no real delete and no report at this moment). Then I have the "Offline Wikipedia" program which does nothing yet except installing a handler and processing events.

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This is the current progress. Some programs are unfinished. Do not use these programs.

https://tinyurl.com/20190808os93

This link will work 14 days. You need a bit more than 2 GB disk space.

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I improved the "Pseudo delete" extension to make it return fLckdErr and fBsyErr.

I improved Belcut. You can now choose the bit depth of a merged picture.

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I found a bug in BigFileTest and MergeWiki. "Build index" didn't work correctly because I was changing it to make it work with multiple languages.

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I rewrote my REALbasic XML parser. The demo, the validation and the parsing are now separated. Then I'll do the same for HTML. Then I'll write the C++ version.

I need the C++ version of the HTML parser to check my documentation for unused style or undefined style.

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I found a memory leak in "Lexer generator". Now all memory leaks are gone.

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I found a bug in "Basic filter" and I improved it with drag and drop.

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I finished the XML and HTML parsers in REALbasic.

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I finished the XML and HTML parsers in C++.