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Known Bugs In GenEdit
Alas, GenEdit isn't a perfect application. A list of known bugs and problems follows:
| Submitter | Problem Description |
| General Issues
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| Zastai |
Users Who Can't Read
A major bug in GenEdit's user system has been located. As it seems, many people mailing me
don't mention the version number of their copy of GenEdit, severely impairing the support engine.
It is believed a lack of reading skill is at the root of this problem.
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| Zastai |
SIGILL Crashes
People using non-Pentium and/or non-Intel processors may find that GenEdit crashes upon startup, listing
a SIGILL exception (Illegal Instruction) as the cause. The problem here doesn't lie with GenEdit itself,
but rather with the compiler I use (gcc). As it seems, if the compiler itself isn't compiled using only
i486 instructions, it will generate non-i486 opcodes regardless of command-line options passed to it.
Obviously, this will pose problems on systems that don't support those instructions.
This problem was believed solved when version 2.03c was released; however, due to its nature it may
resurface at any time (ie when I recompile the compiler or use a new library).
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| Zastai |
The XXX Engine doesn't support YYY
Most likely support for YYY isn't yet implemented in the XXX engine. Use element-list-mode
(gen-edit -L) and see if YYY is listed as
being supported.
If it's supposed to be supported, and you can't get it to work,
tell me about it.
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| Audio Issues
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| Zastai |
Incomplete Wave File Support
Although the SEAL-based sound engine now supports playback of wave files, larger files will not be
played completely. This seems to be a limitation of the SEAL library.
This MAY only be an issue for SB Live! users; I can only use my own system for reference.
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| Zastai |
SB Live! Compatibility Issues
At the time of this writing, the version of the MIDAS library I use (1.1.2) doesn't know how to
cope with the SoundBlaster Live!'s SB16 emulation and will halt the computer (at least it does on
my system).
Unlike MIDAS (and most DOS sound apps), SEAL uses the Live!'s SB16 emulation perfectly.
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| Zastai |
SB AWE32/64 Compatibility Issues
SEAL will use native mode if it finds an AWE card. If SEAL can't load music files due to too
little DRAM, you should either switch to using MIDAS or configure SEAL to use a SoundBlaster Pro.
In the latter case, you'll only hear sound at 8bit 22KHz due to limitations in the SEAL library
(it will treat your card as a basic SoundBlaster Pro instead of seeing it for the SB16 it really
is).
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