Greetings.

This is v2.35 of the freeware ACE BASIC compiler and is the first of 
what I expect will be a series of small updates to the ACE distribution 
in the next few months.

Work and post-graduate study are keeping me very busy right now. As a 
consequence, small releases are all I can hope to get out to you for
awhile. This at least means that as I implement interesting/useful
features and fix bugs, you will reap the benefits quickly.

The current revision (v2.35) is best described by saying that a number
of bugs have been fixed from v2.3. I have also added one new feature, 
namely that the font and style of button text may now be specified 
for button gadget text.

For complete details, see docs/history from 27/2/95 onwards.

The next revision will improve upon the current implementation of
subprogram library modules, a process which has begun in this
release. One major improvement will be that global variables
will be allowed in such modules. Other miscellaneous additions
and problem fixes will be included in the next release also.

To apply this update to your current ACE distribution, open a 
shell/CLI, cd to your main ACE directory (ACE:), copy the supplied
LhA archive to that directory and unarc it. The files are:

	bin/ace
	lib/db.lib
	docs/history
	docs/ref.doc  (only GADGET command has changed here).

Another consequence of my being so busy right now is that v2.35
has not been as rigorously tested as full releases normally are.
I have tested around a dozen programs on the new binaries, but 
more testing is required to preclude the possibility of major bugs.

Please feel free to test all the programs you can (including
those in the v2.3 distribution) on v2.35 and please contact 
me if you find any bugs.

Regards,

David Benn, 12th March 1995
e-mail: D.Benn@appcomp.utas.edu.au

ps - please note that my snail-mail address has changed to:

	9 Mayne Street,
	Invermay, Tasmania,
	7248, Australia.

and my home phone number to:

	(003) 261 461
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