Known Bugs/Issues in LAMPWordsX
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    While every effort has been made to make LAMPWords bug-free, sometimes
problems do occur.  Known problems are listed below.  Also listed are some odd
behaviours that might be considered bugs.  While development is no longer
going on, if you find anything not listed here please report it so it can
be noted on the web site.

    - INPUT CHARACTERS:  If input, nonsensical characters like punctuation will
        be displayed.  However when searching the program will filter out all
        nonsense characters to attempt to provide a meaningful result.

    - SLOW * SEARCHING:  Searches with the * wildcard character will be
        quite slow - they may take several minutes!  Anagram searches with *
        are always slow.  Pattern searches with * at the end or in the middle
        will be quick, while if the * is at the start it will be slow.  Tip:
        Instead of e.g. *INGS do multiple searches:  ?INGS, ??INGS, ???INGS,
        etc.

    - SEARCHING ON OLDER DEVICES:  On devices running Palm OS 3.0 or earlier,
        no progress dialog will be displayed during a search.  For long
        searches, LAMPWords will appear to be doing nothing after pressing the
        Search button.  To provide some indication of progress, the Search
        button will disappear until the search is complete.  All Palm buttons,
        controls, etc. WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE allowing you to shut off your
        Palm, switch tasks, scroll the last search results list, etc.  All
        LAMPWords buttons (except Search) will also be available.  However, it
        is recommended you do not try to use LAMPWords functions while waiting
        for a search.  The program's behaviour is undefined if you try this.
        (Although it seems to be reasonably stable, but this is not
        guaranteed.)  Note that switching to other applications or turning off
        your Palm should work fine during a search.

    - KEYBOARD:  The program cannot currently translate input from the keyboard
        as it does with Graffiti(r).  Thus lower case letters will not be
        capitalized and the aliases for wild cards will be displayed as input.
        However, searches with lower case letters will work, and the program
        will recognize all shortcuts for wild cards (e.g. space or period for a
        ? characters).  This applies to both the on-screen keyboard as well
        as devices with physical keyboards.

    - PALM OS 5.0 DEVICES:  On brand new devices running Palm OS 5.0,
        LAMPWords will not translate Graffiti(r)/Graffiti 2(r) strokes so the
        program will behave as if you are always using the keyboard (see
        previous item).  Again, this is just a display problem; the characters
        will be recognized properly when the search begins.

    - INTERNATIONALIZATION:  The vowels, consonants, and point-values are
        hardcoded and cannot be changed for internationalization
        purposes.

    - CARD SUPPORT:  The program itself must be installed on the handheld's
    	main memory.  The dictionary can be installed on a card.  If your
    	handheld supports multiple cards, the card with the dictionary must be
    	in the first card slot.

Please check the website for additional bug notes:

http://members.shaw.ca/lampwords/

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