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TassyJim

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Posted: 07:17am 29 Oct 2025

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MMEdit V5.3.6
Further refinements with AUTOSAVE N
Stopped the duplicate control characters being sent in Linux version.
Changed serial handshake on close. This vastly improves pico reliability when sending large volumes of data through the USB.

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circuit
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Posted: 08:22am 29 Oct 2025

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circuit said Gosh, how excellent! No screams of outrage from Windows Defender; no claims of virus embedding; it just simply installs!

And here we go again! The latest version has been completely blocked by Microsoft and I cannot even get an option to override; the download is simply deleted before I can even find the download. What a pain!

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Posted: 08:32am 29 Oct 2025

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Just tested on W11 Pro- no issue. Download using Firefox, extract using explorer, click on the exe and Defender comes up with a dialog, click "run anyway" and its installed
Edited 2025-10-29 18:33 by matherp

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Posted: 08:45am 29 Oct 2025

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Just teasing .... (no nVidea graphics card)

No problems on Linux. Downloads fine, extracts fine, runs fine.
(no nVidea graphics card)

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Posted: 08:57am 29 Oct 2025

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Quote And here we go again! The latest version has been completely blocked by Microsoft and I cannot even get an option to override; the download is simply deleted before I can even find the download. What a pain!

Same problem for me. Previous MMedit version downloaded a few days ago without problems. No idea how to solve the problem. W11 in use.

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Posted: 09:21am 29 Oct 2025

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Same problem here. Firefox was the only successful download but when I tried to unzip, the file went to zero bytes.

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Posted: 09:44am 29 Oct 2025

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OK so I temporarily switched-off protection and it downloaded and installed.

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Posted: 04:40pm 29 Oct 2025

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Quote OK so I temporarily switched-off protection and it downloaded and installed.

Thanks for the tips. I got it also.

TassyJim

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Posted: 11:50pm 29 Oct 2025

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I test the download using another PC.
W11 with Defender.
Download with Firefox,
Extract the files,
Run the installer
click on "more info"
"Run anyway"

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Posted: 10:46am 31 Oct 2025

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I also tried the download, once before the update and once with the latest version, and in both cases there were no problems, with all security mechanisms activated. Only 7z instead of Windows ZIP.

Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 24H2
Betriebssystembuild 26100.6899
Leistung Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.253.0

Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 25H2
Betriebssystembuild 26200.6899
Leistung Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.253.0

Thank you, TassyJim, for your continuous development!

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Posted: 07:16pm 31 Oct 2025

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matherp said Just tested on W11 Pro- no issue. Download using Firefox, extract using explorer, click on the exe and Defender comes up with a dialog, click "run anyway" and its installed

Installed Firefox and followed your guidance; no problem with the download now, very straightforward. Thank you.

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Posted: 07:28pm 01 Nov 2025

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it loaded after win run anyway
why v5,3,6 say
autosave
syntax error
autosave
then flash?

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Posted: 08:41pm 01 Nov 2025

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Sorry Stan,
I don't understand the question.
I think you are trying to load a program using the "Load" button.

Did the program fail to load?
If it failed, I need more information but if it did load successfully, just think it magic.

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TassyJim

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Posted: 01:15am 03 Nov 2025

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A small update for the Linux users to test.

MMCC now scans for available serial ports every 2 seconds and if there has been a change, pops up a short notice informing of the change.
The pull-down list of ports now only includes ports that were found.

Once the new version has been run,
Users have to edit the MMCC.inf file to add any fixed serial ports they wish to include in the list of ports.
Line 65:
Linux fixed ports =
change to
Linux fixed ports = ttyS0 ttyS5
etc

This is still not as user friendly as the Windows version but definitely an improvement.

Extract the MMCC file from the attached ZIP and replace the file in the MMEdit folder.

MMCC.zip

Linux has a habit of changing the serial port designation whenever there has been reset of the pico and you are using the USB console.

If there aren't any problems identified, I will include it in the next update.

Jim
Edited 2025-11-04 06:11 by TassyJim

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Posted: 11:57am 05 Nov 2025

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Hi Jim,
First, thanks for your work on MMEDIT.
I can't seem to run that most recent test version MMCC (I re-tried an earlier one [which I had renamed in same folder] and it's OK).
I'm running Ubuntu 22.04

Quote .../MMBasic/MMedit5$ ./MMCC
QSocketNotifier: Can only be used with threads started with QThread
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

older version(Version: V5.2.5 Build date: 2023/11/13 05:15:14) generates console messages but seems to still work.

Quote .../MMBasic/MMedit5$ ./MMCC_old
QSocketNotifier: Can only be used with threads started with QThread
qt.qpa.wayland: Wayland does not support QWindow::requestActivate()
QPainter::begin: Paint device returned engine == 0, type: 3
QPainter::setFont: Painter not active
...
...

Regards Phil

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Posted: 08:02pm 05 Nov 2025

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You will need to be running a recent version of MMEdit to use the test version.
It requires the correct support files.

If you do have V5.3.6 then
Can you try this to confirm that you have all the qt files

sudo apt-get install qtbase5-dev libqt5webkit5

If that doesn't help, I will try going back to the earlier tool chain.

Jim

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TassyJim

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Posted: 05:07am 06 Nov 2025

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I have updated the main download with a new Linux MMCC which uses the same compiler as previously so it should work with the same environment as before.
The changes are:
Searching for serial ports as previously described and
the <Enter> key in the num-pad now works in the terminal.

No changes to the Windows versions.

I am investigating an annoying bug where MMEdit occasionally locks up with high CPU usage and requires killing. This seems to happen when changing tabs.

I can't reproduce the error so it will take some time to find the cause.

Jim

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Posted: 06:52am 06 Nov 2025

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Hi Jim,

Have seen the lockup in 5.3.6. In my case it happened with a single tab open, MMCC open, Pico attached but not sending data, and left in the editor screen for an hour (I had a meeting, and when I came back it was frozen).

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Edited 2025-11-06 16:53 by Volhout

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TassyJim

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Posted: 07:04am 06 Nov 2025

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Thanks for the report. It is going to be a long exercise before I am convinced that It is fixed.

I assume that this was in Windows?

Jim

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flip
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Posted: 09:52am 06 Nov 2025

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Thanks Jim,
Linux version V5.3.6 you built today works fine on my ubuntu.
Ports are playing nicely. with a PicoMite, when changing speed it detects change, then I click Disconnect, then Connect and it works - no need to unplug or reset PicoMite
Thanks again,
Regards Phil

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