On Tuesday 13 August 2002 21:40, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
> On 13/08/02 15:17, "Michael S. Roels" <msrwerks_at_ev1.net> wrote:
> > I just got my first MP2100 yesterday and have been poking around in
> > the extras folder. There is an application in there named "heap save".
> > When this is run the screen goes blank. I could still open the extras
> > folder, and launch applications, but when I closed them the screen
> > would be blank instead of the backdrop.
> >
> > I could not figure out how to get this application to quit so I reset
> > the message pad which did the trick.
> >
> > What exactly is this application suppose to be doing?
> >
> > How do I get it to quit without having to reset the message pad?
>
> When you ran it, were you able to find its icon in Extras? I've never
> heard about "Heap Save" but from your description, it appears to be
> replacing the backdrop temporarily. When you run it, you could try to
> set another application as the backdrop and see if that makes "Heap
> Save" quit.
It's a very minimalistic backdrop, made by IIRC the author of i++ (With
shame I admit I forget his name), and especially targeted as an i++
companion. The author warns that it cannot be properly shut down.
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