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MEDM 3.1.1 supports the Byte Monitor Object in the UP and the RIGHT directions, version 3.0.3 supports it in the DOWN and RIGHT directions My copy of MEDM 3.1.1 supports "down" and "right", and gives a warning if I set the widget to either "up" or "left". (medmByte.c). In 3.0.3 edit mode, you can choose any of the four directions; at runtime the invalid direction is overridden with the supported one. The current MEDM Manual's 'direction attribute' table says the Byte Object can use all four directions, although the paragraph for the Byte Monitor describes the direction limitations. From a glance at the source code changes between the releases and after some investigation, all that may have changed since 3.0.3 is the nomenclature used for the directions, to make the widget's behaviour match the actual wording the user selects. In 3.1.1 the bit adjacent to the Start Bit is always displayed either below or to the right of the start bit. However that adjacent bit number can be higher or lower than the Start Bit depending on whether the End Bit setting is larger or smaller than the Start Bit setting. My conclusion: This change was a bug fix, not a regression, and should not affect the functionality of any existing displays. - Andrew -- The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. -- Hubert H. Humphrey
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ANJ, 10 Nov 2011 |
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