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#59: Do Not Create Zero-Length Text Scraps

Author: Dave Lyons
Year: 1989

... described a problem with zero-length text scraps fixed since System 5.0.3.

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Apple II
Technical Notes
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Apple IIgs
#59:    Do Not Create Zero-Length Text Scraps

Revised by:    Dave Lyons                                        January 1991
Written by:    Dave Lyons                                           July 1989

This Technical Note described a problem with zero-length text scraps.
Changed since July 1989:  This Note is obsolete beginning with System Software
5.0.3.  There is no longer a problem with creating a text scrap of length zero.
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In System Software 5.0.3 and later, LEFromScrap no longer trashes memory if you
create a text scrap (scrap type 0) with length zero.


Further Reference
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  o  Apple IIgs Toolbox Reference, Volume 2