Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

1308.0. "decwindows + regis + condensed fonts" by UTRTSC::LANGENBERG (Clarie van de Langenberg) Mon Aug 21 1989 09:35

Hello,

maybe someone can shed some light on the following problems:

(placed in TERMINALS and DECWINDOWS notesfiles)

*	on a VT330 you can draw a pixel on the screen with
	the command V[[. This works fine.

	when you use this command on a DECwindows terminal,
	you see nothing (using in regis emulation).

	this is a problem because a customer has a software
	program, which can do previews of Tech files on the
	screen, which uses this V[[ command.
	therefor, on the DECwindow terminal in regis emulation,
	parts of the drawings/fonts disappear. 

*	DECwindow terminal, in regis emulation, using condensed
	fonts:

	when you use the regis command t'....' to display text,
	all DEC terminal windows disappear with the following
	error:
	'DECterm controller process stopped:
	 access violation.
	 Started DECterm controller'

	The GKS-IVP gives the same problem when you choose VT330
	output + condensed fonts.

Any information would be very helpfull!


Clarie

	

Re: .0

I believe that both of these problems have been fixed in DECwindows V2.
The first problem was reported in QAR 2379 in the DECWINDOWS-IFT database
on TRIFID.  I'm not sure if there is a QAR that specifically addresses
the second problem, where ReGIS crashes when you've selected the condensed
font, but it looks like a problem I fixed a few months ago.  You should be
able to get this to work by switching to the normal font and then back to
the condensed font before displaying ReGIS.

				-- Bob

    
    Bob,
    
    Thanks very much for the information.
    
    The workaround for problem 2, switch to normal font and then to
    condensed font, works okay.
    
    However, the customer finds it a bit cumbersome (both problems) and
    would like to know if there are patches available for these problems,
    as V5.2 is probably some months away...
    
    Clarie
    

Re: .2

I haven't made any patches to DECterm.  I'll consider working on it when I
have some free time... Things are still pretty busy.

				-- Bob