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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:	DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:	See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:	STAR::VATNE

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:	Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3726
Total number of notes:	19516

530.0. "EDT & DecWin ....." by BOOTIS::BAILEY (The Pursuit Of _Knowledge_) Tue Apr 04 1989 09:58

I've only just started with DECwin so I may be doing something
obviously wrong here  (if so please tell me)

My normal Editor is EDT and worked fine on my workstation
after I brought up DW.... for a while

The day after I started with DW I invoked EDT as normal, got EDT
into Screen mode and (example) pressed the down arrow key twice,
the cursor moved down one line, paused then shot down the bottom
of the screen and remained there flashing and reporting 'End Of Buffer',
over and over.. the only way to stop this was to hit Control Y many many
times

What seems to be wrong is that EDT will repeat over & over a single
EDT key stoke, IE if I press 'Delete Char' it will delete the whole
file, line by line, char by char


HELP

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
530.1	Suspect its your EDTINI - or a sticky keyboard	LESLIE::LESLIE	Andy �� Leslie, CSSE	`Tue Apr 04 1989 10:45`	4
	Peter I use EDT all the time. Try without an EDTINI or any fancy symbols. Andy
530.2		BOOTIS::BAILEY	The Pursuit Of _Knowledge_	`Tue Apr 04 1989 11:15`	12
	> Suspect its your EDTINI Dont use one, I tried EDIT/EDT/NOCOM still gave me problems > - or a sticky keyboard LSE (which I'am using now) works fine
530.3		KONING::KONING	NI1D @FN42eq	`Tue Apr 04 1989 13:01`	7
	Sounds like the autorepeat problem. Do "lock user features" on the Customize/General pulldown on your DECterm window... paul
530.4	One other (tongue in cheek) possibility...	TINSEL::PHANEUF	Business Information Technology (Matt 11:12)	`Tue Apr 04 1989 15:54`	8
	In could also be the "software gods" trying to pull you (kicking and screaming?) in to the VAXSet Architecture (ie LSE) and away from PDP-11 based architecture (ie EDT). Just Joking, Brian
530.5	Only half kidding	POOL::HALLYB	The Smart Money was on Goliath	`Tue Apr 04 1989 16:00`	3
	Then there are those of us waiting for the VAXset architecture to offer functionality and performance as good as the PDP-11 offers...
530.6		BOOTIS::BAILEY	The Pursuit Of _Knowledge_	`Wed Apr 05 1989 05:29`	19
	> Do "lock user features" on the Customize/General pulldown on your DECterm Works a treat, thanks > In could also be the "software gods" trying to pull you (kicking and screamin You are only saying that cos (see 529) I'am writing Macro code using EDT :-} [EOB] <----------------------
530.7		CIMNET::SWAMINATHAN	Eat and be Merry, tomorrow is not ours	`Wed Apr 05 1989 12:33`	12
	I also had the same problem and thought it was a keyboard problem or a connector problem - because the autorepeat was not repeatable. It was there once and after fixing the connectors properly it seemed to work fine. Occasionally I do see that problem though. What does Lock User Features do anyway ? Thanks. Ramesh
530.8	Explanation of Lock User Features	HANNAH::MESSENGER	Bob Messenger	`Wed Apr 05 1989 13:45`	5
	Lock User Features means that some options, such as auto-repeat, can only be changed from Customize and not from a program. -- Bob
530.9		VWSENG::KLEINSORGE	Toys 'R' Us	`Wed Apr 05 1989 13:45`	9
	One thing it will do is stop DECterm from trying to execute the autorepeat on/off sequence. One side effect of this on UIS and apparently on DWS as well is that the KB attribute change causes a burst of LK201 mode change ack's and data overruns during this burst.