v1.3-alpha6

Alpha. Use with caution.

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📖 See https://a2desktop.com/docs for comprehensive documentation for v1.2. 🚧 Some 1.3 changes are called out. 🚧

A full list of changes since 1.3 (the last release) can be found in the Release Notes.

Changes relative to v1.3-alpha5:

General

• Menu separators more vertically centered.
• Prevent erratic behavior if keys pressed during menu selection.
• Allow keyboard control of menus even when initiated with the mouse. (#754)
• Don't move cursor when controlling menu with keyboard. (#756)
• Prevent keyboard cursor movement within disabled menus.

DeskTop

• Icon for Applesoft and IntBASIC variable files (VAR, IVR)
• Allow any file type in Apple Menu (except disabled DAs)
• Add Link file type support ($E1/LNK)
• Special > Make Alias command added - creates a Link file to the selected icon, placed in the LINKS/ folder.
• Apple Menu > About This Apple II command added - invokes This Apple DA.
• Improve animation shown when opening/closing a window for an icon.

Desk Accessories

• Eyes, Neko and Puzzle moved into new Toys directory
• New DA - Print Catalog: Dumps a recursive catalog of filenames to a printer in Slot 1.
• This Apple
  • Identify and show Tiger Learning Computer
  • Moved into MODULES/ directory, dedicated command added
• Puzzle:
  • Allow moving and closing the window before scrambling. (#752)
  • Allow re-scrambling once the puzzle has been completed.
  • Flash window on victory.
  • Don't mispaint onto the desktop if the window is obscured.
• Screen Dump: Do nothing unless an SSC is in Slot 1.

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