[softwarelist] Re: RTF Filter at the end of the Universe (RISC OS 32 bit)
- From: John M Ward <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:55:39 +0000 (GMT)
In article <1169117015.5545.2.camel@localhost>,
Phillip Marsden <phillip.marsden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 10:25 +0000, John M Ward wrote:
> [snip]
> > That's a fault with Oregano 2's downloading -- something I haven't
> > solved, but can work around. The first attempt to save works only
> > by clicking "Save" whereupon Oregano saves it somewhere of its own
> > choosing (I can't usually find where this is!).
>
> Strange, I thought that software "choosing" to do something different
> to what the user requires was supposed to be a Microsoft trait! :o)
It just goes to show how poorly-ported Oregano was from its original
platform which /did/ require it to behave in that way. It is a bug --
something of which you might have heard.
> Oh well. Another illusion shattered.
Only if you fail to understand the reason for this oddity.
Meanwhile, let's hope that Ralph can now save the downloaded file where
he wants.
--
John Ward in Medway, Kent - using RISC OS since 1987
Now using an Iyonix, an A9home, 2 RiscPCs and Virtual-RPC!
Acorn/RISC OS web page: www.john-ward.org.uk/personal/john/computers
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