AMOS:Bug Input

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If text from Input command reacher right side of screen, AMOS will freeze for a while. When the input is very close behind a Screen Open, the screen may not have appeared yet when AMOS hangs. (leaving you a black screen). Some time later (half a minute?) AMOS resumes.


How long the text needs to be for this to happen seems to depend on the width of the screen. 

Screen Open 0,320,200,4,Lowres
Input "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789!?";A$


This example uses 38 chars (so it's 38*8 pixels = 304 pixels width).
The cursor is also 8 pixels (304+8=312).


(not tested yet if it happens earlyer if you place the cursor in the middle of the screen)


Tested with

AMOSPro V2.00 uncompiled - has the bug
AMOSPro V2.00 compiled - not tested yet
AMOS V1.36 uncompiled - not tested yet
AMOS V1.36 compiled - not tested yet


Credits

  • bug discovered by Spellcoder somewhere before 2000
  • bug tested/described by Spellcoder on 28 sep 2007
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