Notes
When doing a /list that is particularly large under a slow virtual machine the server may send a ping to Dirc, and it may not respond quickly enough for the server - which then breaks the connection assuming that Dirc has crashed. There isn't much I can do about this, hopefully with increasing performance of virtual machines this will be less of a problem in future.
The memory usage box does not show the amount of memory used and available in your computer, and is not necessarily the amount that is available to the VM. The amount given here will also vary over time as the garbage collector works in the background, and as Dirc adds more text to it's windows.
Dirc does not run properly under MRJ 1.0.2 or MRJ 1.5, the text on the screen does not wrap to the size of the window. This is caused by a bug in MRJ 1.0.2 and 1.5, hopefully it will be fixed in a later version, and when it is Dirc will support MRJ fully, being distributed as a stand-alone application.
Under at least one implementation of Java running under unix/Xwindows several warnings are reported to the user on the standard error stream about incorrect scrollbar settings. These seem to be VM bugs, because the scrollbars in question meet with the specification given for scrollbars under Java. Thankfully these warnings do not interfere with how the program runs. I would like to hear if anyone runs into these problems, so that I can judge how common a problem it is.
These are the known issues - there may be others that haven't appeared during testing. If you find what you suspect is a bug, or would just like to comment on Dirc then please email me at the address bellow. For more details on what is happening with Dirc, and to find the latest version please visit Dirc's web page.
To get in touch with me then please email me on cms103@york.ac.uk.
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