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Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -6,10 +6,21 @@ See the end for copying conditions. Please send mdk bug reports to bug-mdk@gnu.org. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -* Version 1.1 () +* Version 1.1 (12/06/04) ** The typewriter device (19) is now input/output, so that you can - read characters from standard input in your MIXAL programs. + read characters from standard input (mixvm) or a popup dialog + (gmixvm) in your MIXAL programs (see samples/echo.mixal for a + simple usage sample). + +** Input character device files may now contain lines with less than the + required block size; the virtual machine pads the missing + characters in memory using 0 (MIX char 'space'). + +** The paper tape device (20) was incorrectly defined as an output + device. It is now an input char device (cf. TAOCP vol.1 p. 133, + where it is mentioned as the 'paper tape reader'; thanks to Michael + Talbot-Wilson). ** Listings produced by mixasm improved: better layout, and correct identification of 'CON' instructions added by the compiler as a @@ -43,8 +54,6 @@ Please send mdk bug reports to bug-mdk@gnu.org. ** Bug fix: LDAN, LDXN and LDiN always negate the result, even if zero (thanks to Ruslan Batdalov; closes Debian's #247392). -** Correctly detect guile's presence in ./configure (closes #5521). - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Version 1.0.1 (09/06/03) @@ -395,4 +404,4 @@ Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. --- -$Id: NEWS,v 1.48 2004/06/09 23:03:22 jao Exp $ +$Id: NEWS,v 1.49 2004/06/12 02:34:39 jao Exp $ |