| 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 |
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DECwindow V2
Is there an option to force the pointer to disapear when typing
from within a DECterm ?
What are the buffer pointer modes ? VWS had COPY/CUT/PASTE.
Philip Ritz
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| 2788.1 | HANNAH::MESSENGER | Bob Messenger | Fri May 18 1990 17:07 | 12 | |
Re: .0
> Is there an option to force the pointer to disapear when typing
> from within a DECterm ?
No.
> What are the buffer pointer modes ? VWS had COPY/CUT/PASTE.
Maybe someone who's more familiar with VWS could answer that question.
-- Bob
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| 2788.2 | STAR::KLEINSORGE | Fred Kleinsorge, VMS Development | Mon May 21 1990 14:12 | 25 | |
1
This was implemented in VWS as a result of a suggestion in the UID (now
the XUI) notes file. The suggestion was a result of an observation
about how the Mac works and it was decided that DECwindows applications
doing KB input should feel free to implement it.
If you want it in DECterm, submit a QAR to them as a 'phase 0 request'.
2
I don't have a clue what this means (and I wrote the VWS emulator).
The VWS copy/paste feature uses an integral paste buffer which you
select text using MB2 and finish the select also with MB2 (which
puts the text into the paste buffer). MB3 would then paste the buffer.
On DECwindows, select is done with MB1 and a quick-paste of the buffer
is done with MB3. The EDIT menu bar entry has the commands to put the
selected area into a "paste" buffer and paste from it. Otherwise, you
can only manipulate the text currently selected. Also note that DW
uses a click-drag-release selection (double click WORD, triple click
LINE).
Does that help?
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