[WASTE-list] [ANN] WASTE 3.0.2 now available

[Marco Piovanelli]

Hi all,

WASTE 3.0.2 is now available for download at:

    <http://www.ovolab.com/technologies/waste/WASTE-sdk-302.dmg>

This release fixes a number of bugs that were discovered in the
last few months, and adds a number of features.


NEW FEATURES:
=============

*   Added support for the Pasteboard Manager.  WASTE will
    now use Pasteboard Manager APIs internally for most
    cut and paste operations, instead of the old Carbon
    Scrap Manager APIs.  Also, the framework now exports
    the following APIs for pasteboard support:

        WECopyToPasteboard
        WEPasteFromPasteboard
        WECanPasteFromPasteboard

*   The framework now exports the following new APIs for
    spell checking and dictionary lookup purposes.  The
    prototypes aren't frozen yet, so use with care:

        WEGuessSpelling
	       WEIgnoreSpelling
        WELearnSpelling
        WELookUpInDictionary

*   Added the following HI commands to the list of commands
    handled by WASTE:

        kHICommandFindNext
        kHICommandUseSelectionForFind
        kHICommandJumpToSelection
        kHICommandLookUpInDictionary


BUG FIXES:
==========

*   WEKey() no longers throws a paramErr exception when a Unicode
    keyboard is selected.

*   The weTagDirection paragraph attribute is now functional.
    When no dominant line direction is explicitly set, left-to-right
    is assumed.

*   In some rare cases, WEGetDestRect() could let a C++ exception
    go uncaught, potentially causing the abrupt termination of the
    client application.

*   WEGetObjectAtOffset) was incorrectly returning an object reference
    for offsets equal to, or greater than, the actual text length, if
    the document contained an embedded object at the very end of the
    document. Thanks to Alfred Van Hoek.

*   In the same scenario as the above (embedded object at the very
    end of the document), WEFindNextObject() was incorrectly returning
    the same object reference over and over, potentially causing the
    client to enter an infinite loop. Thanks to Alfred Van Hoek.

*   When a C++ exception is thrown (and caught) within the WASTE
    framework, WASTE will print a detailed description to stdout,
    but only if the environment variable "WASTE_DEBUG" is defined.
    Previously, there was no way to turn off these debugging
    messages.  On Tiger, exception descriptions include strings
    obtained from GetMacOSStatusErrorString() and
    GetMacOSStatusCommentString().

*   Silenced a harmless exception in WE3_ATSULayout::MoveCursor()
    noted when using arrow keys in empty documents.  Thanks to
    Chinh Nguyen.

*   When saving a document to an RTFD package, WESave() would fail
    unless a "TXT.rtf" file was already present in the bundle.

*   The weTagAddFontSize selector wouldn't work with negative font
    size deltas -- it would actually *increase* the font size by
    12 points. Thanks to Tom Bender.

*   WASTE would ignore weTagTransferMode when used as an HI command.

*   WEMatchAttributes() now works for the following attribute types,
    which were nonfunctional in earlier versions:

        weTagBackgroundColor
        weTagVerticalShift
        weTagDirection
        weTagLeftIndent
        weTagRightIndent
        weTagFirstLineIndent
        weTagSpaceBefore
        weTagSpaceAfter
        weTagLineSpacing

*   WEMatchAttributes now returns an error code when passed an unknown
    attribute selector.  Previously, it will fail silently.

*   WEGetObjectOwner() now works for all objects, not just those
    inserted using WEInsertObject().

*   WEGetObjectFrame() is now functional.

*   Vertical shifts had no effect on embedded objects.
    Now they do.

*   When reading or generating 'SOUP' or 'WEst' scraps on Intel,
    WASTE will now call CoreEndianFlipData() to endian-flip the
    embedded object data for resource types known to the system,
    such as 'snd'.

*   The built-in draw handler for 'snd' objects would draw a
    garbled icon on Intel machines.


OTHER CHANGES:
==============

*   Reviewed the list of flavor types that can be passed to WEStreamRange()
    defined in "WASTE.h", adding comments about legacy flavors no longer
    recommended in WASTE 3.0, and listing known UTI equivalents.

*   WASTE.h now does a better job of listing attribute selectors that
    are either obsolete or currently unsupported in version 3.0.

*   Removed the last remnants of the FSSpec data type from the code.

*   Started reviewing the code for 64-bit cleanliness.



                                            -- marco

-- 
It's not the data universe only, it's human conversation.
They want to turn it into a one-way flow that they have entirely
monetized. I look at the collective human mind as a kind of
ecosystem. They want to clear cut it. They want to go into the
rainforest of human thought and mow the thing down.