Re: U2 version 119

["Robert Holmgren" holmgren@xxxxxxxx]

** Reply to message from Judith Davidsen  on Wed, 04
Jan 2006 10:39:05 -0500


>> I have a presentiment of OOM, though (OutOfMemory). What value
>> does this command report on the PRompt line?
>>  VA/NV $M+6

> 11

That's a very high number for a system that is "at rest", i.e. not doing
anything. A well-oiled system should be around 3 -- maybe 5 with Stack. In
the normal course of your work, issue that command a dozen times or so. Is it
consistently around 11? Ever significantly lower? Ever a lot higher?

> Anyway, what happens now after I use STore  and answer
> either y or N  to the overwrite query on the black page is
> the text page (window 2) disappears and I am returned to the
> directory in window 1, only now window one is a half page divided
> horizontally by a dark double line. ABort gives me a blank Xy
> page divided horizontally. Quit gives me the blank blue page
> mentioned above, and I have to go through windows to get out of XY.

"Returned to the directory"? What directory? I don't have any directory.
Forgetting about the double horiz line for a moment, is XyWrite usable at this
point? Frozen or not? Can you cursor around? Before, you said frozen...

Let's get rid of the double horizontal line first. Your window is set up all
wrong in XP (this is about the five hundredth time we've discussed this! over
and over and over, the same issues...). How do you launch XyWrite, from a
Desktop Shortcut? You _should_, otherwise it is harder to fix this. Assuming
that you launch from a Shortcut, start XyWrite, display it (Alt-Enter) in a
Desktop window, click on the upper left corner of the window (where the little
icon is), Defaults, Layout. Set both the Screen Buffer Size AND the Window
Size to Width = 80 and Height = 25. Save that (make it Permanent if the
program asks). You might need to quit and restart XyWrite at this point. But
now you won't have a horizontal line.

> As I think I previously indicated, right now this stuff is really
> irritating but it's not the end of the world.

Actually, Judith, these U2 frames are designed to reveal, or determine, or be
used with, Long File Names. I'd certainly like to fix the frames, if they're
broken (I think they're actually fine). But it would never occur to me to use
them for basic STore, Quit, etc commands.

> One more test (back in a sec, don't go 'way):

I'm holding tight...

> Maybe I should start all over from scratch installing v119?

No. It's fine. You're installed. Doubly installed won't change anything.

> if I change the directory to bath, whether I CAll
> bitter.txt directly from the cml or with the cursor on the bitter
> directory line, when I issue STore , I get a flash, on
> the status line, of "File not found" followed by "Install the
> Xywwweb.REGistry!"

Well, I suspect that Editor's dir may not be in the DOS Path. REG is designed
to be shared by several different installations, e.g. NB and Xy4,
simultaneously. So it goes in the DOS Path, not in any particular directory.
I keep mine in Editor's dir. Putting Editor's dir in the DOS Path is a
fundamental REQUIREMENT of XyWrite, and always has been -- it's not something
imposed by U2. On the other hand, *if* Editor's dir *is* already in the DOS
Path, then it's a sure sign of OOM -- and you need to send me (privately,
ZIPped) your STARTUP.INT file (it wouldn't hurt to send SETTINGS.DFL too).

One step at a time...

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