XModule beta release notes
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Installation
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    The "Install" drawer contains the XModule installation script.
Double-click on your preferred language and follow the instrutions.
The installation requires the Commodore Installer utility located
somewhere in the Workbench path (usually in "SYS:Utilities/").
We recommend version 43.3 or better of the Installer program, which
can be retrieved on Aminet.  The installation script will probably
work with older versions of the Installer, but it has not been tested.

    To update from a previous version of XModule, follow the
instructions in the installatation program. To uninstall XModule,
just delete its drawer and all its contents.

    If you don't have the Installer or if you don't want to use it,
you can still install XModule manually.  Just make a new drawer and
copy all the XModule files in it. Manual installation is strongly
discouraged because you will miss the automatic tooltypes substituitions
and the 020+/OS30 patches made for you by the Installer.


New Pattern Editor
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    Starting with release 3.2, XModule incorporates a full featured pattern
editor with keyboard and mouse driven scrolling, range selection and
multiple undo/redo function.  The supported keyboard sequences are
described in the documentation (have a look at it).  I'm sorry that there
is still no replay routine, but I have already contacted Jarno Paanen (the
author of PS3M) and Peter Kunath (the author of DeliTracker).  Both of them
have been so kind to give me all the sources and help I needed to add their
32 channel mixing engines to XModule.  Please, be patient.


Beta Version
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    This package contains a *BETA* release of XModule.
Before running it, you should be warned about a few things:

- Many gadgets and menu items are still no-ops.

- The documentation is sometimes incorrect and some parts
  have not been written yet.

- Please do not base your opinion of XModule on this beta release.
  The final version will be fully operative and bug free.

- Do not report obvious bugs: I know that the Sample editor is
  not working.  If you see a little, hard to discover, bug
  such as a small memory leak or strange errors when converting a
  particular module, then do not hesitate reporting it immediatly.
  Failure to do so will probably result in the bug being
  still there in the next release of XModule.


    Thank you for beta testing my hard work.


                                          // Bernardo Innocenti
                                        \X/  bernie@shock.nervous.com