Re: Problem with graphics view...?

["M.W. Poirier" poirmw@xxxxxxxx]

 Thanks Robert. If you have the time, I can try out your solution.
 But don't spend much time on this matter, especially if you are
 busy at the moment. Whenever you have the time. MWP


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On Mon, 29 May 2006, Robert Holmgren wrote:

> ** Reply to message from "M.W. Poirier"  on Mon, 29
> May 2006 14:13:25 -0400 (EDT)
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>
> > But Robert asked me to shift to full screen and give
> >  the command func wz, which is what I did, and the first
> >  time I did it, instead of going into graphics view, the
> >  lines quickly lengthened, and "ss" appeared where the
> >  cursor had been when I was in draft view. But as I
> >  mentioned earlier, that happened only once. For the
> >  next five or six times that I performed the same operation,
> >  everything worked properly, i.e., it worked as it is
> >  supposed to work.
>
> What you're doing manually by this procedure, is what Windows is doing
> automatically: switching you to full screen, and then to Graphics view. Which
> is proven when you exit Graphics (you are then in full screen). So... unless
> I'm missing something, and this method does indeed avoid a freeze, it seems to
> me that Windows is having trouble switching the video mode so abruptly (I do
> indeed get a frozen screen if I Alt-Enter while in Graphics view -- I think
> this is very tough on the video adapter). (I'm ignoring here that you said you
> restored your XY4 directory and the trouble disappeared -- if that's the case,
> then... what are we talking about?) But if you still have the freeze problem,
> and this 2-step switch solution works, I can automate it so that you don't have
> to do it manually -- one keystroke will do it all, a la Shift-F8 -- but a bit
> more orderly.
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> Robert Holmgren
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