Doodle 0.8 Release Notes

This release of Doodle should operate correctly on all Palm computers running versions of PalmOS from 1.0 to 5.0.

Features eliminated

• The Smear mode is gone.
• The Next Page menu entry is gone.
• The Previous Page menu entry is gone.

Shortcuts changed

• The S shortcut does something else.
• The + shortcut does something else.
• The - shortcut does something else.
• The · (middle dot) shortcut for Medium pen retired.

New features

Those marked with * were taken in whole, in part, or in spirit from DiddleBug. Consult the reference manual for details.

• Graphic icons for title bar buttons.*
• Swipe gestures on title bar buttons.*
• Add Ink drawing mode.
• Subtract Ink drawing mode.
• Bold pen.*
• Pick pen operation.
• Swipe pen button down for Pick pen.
• Shift ink operator.
• Pick ink operation.
• Swipe ink button down for Pick ink.
• Copy page operation.
• Paste page operation.
• Beam page operation.*
• Preferences operation.*.
• Help pages.*

New shortcuts

Those marked with * were taken from DiddleBug. Consult the reference manual for details.

• Shortcut + for Add Ink.
• Shortcut - for Subtract Ink
• Shortcut # for Medium pen.*
• Shortcut # for Bold pen.*
• Shortcut * for Pick pen.
• Shortcut $ for Shift ink.
• Shortcut & for Pick ink.
• Shortcut W for Copy.
• Shortcut Y for Paste.
• Shortcut B for Beam.*.
• Shortcut S for Preferences.*
• Shortcut H for Help.
• Shortcut ? for Help, but not a menu shortcut.
• Shortcut space for Next Page,
  but not a menu shortcut.*
• Shortcut backspace for Previous Page,
  but not a menu shortcut.*
• Shortcut newline for New Page,
  but not a menu shortcut.

Bugs (allegedly) fixed

I believe these bugs are fixed, but I've been wrong before.

• Accidental capture of menu image into doodle.
• Useless on color displays.
• Useless on high resolution displays.
• Memory leak messages from debug ROMs.
• Overrunning the pitiful PalmOS 1.0 stack.
• Bogus multi-byte characters under Japanese ROMs.