Re: keyboards/accents

[Pam Upton upton1@xxxxxxxx]

Tom,

Thanks for the suggestion--I think you're onto something here. Yes, the
computer in question is on a Novell network, and we recently upgraded our
net software, so I'm sure we're running the 32-bit version. Funny thing
is, we have another person who works in 3+ on a Windows 95 machine (on the
same network) and has no problems whatsoever. So in a way this probably IS
connected to Win98 as well as the network software, or the way the two
work together. Sigh. We're getting more new computers soon, so I suspect
Xy3+ is finally on its way out as our in-house standard. Onward to XyWrite
4 or Nota Bene! Won't bother me as much as it will trouble some of our
freelancers, I imagine.

Even if there's no real cure, I appreciate having at least a plausible
explanation!

How are things in Baltimore these days?

Best,

--Pam
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Univ. of N.C. Press
116 South Boundary Street
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On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, tom roche wrote:

> Is this computer on a network? I had the same problem (I think) using
> XyWrite 3+ on a Novell network. I couldn't type in special characters using
> the numeric keyboard, and some functions calls would be delayed until I hit
> another character. The deltas were delayed as well. My understanding is
> that the problem was caused by the 32-bit networking software, although I'm
> not really sure. Machines with the old software were able to run 3+ without
> any problems. I worked around the glitch for a while by hitting cursor keys
> (up, down) whenever there was a delay, and by using a keyboard with a lot of
> special characters mapped to keys. Then I got XyWrite 4, which worked fine.
>
> -----Original Message-----

> >I have a query from a work colleague who has recently gotten a new
> >computer and now finds herself plagued by a number of unusual problems
> >when she tries to type many special characters in XyWrite. Her new setup:
> >
> >Computer: IBM 300 PL
> >Keyboard: IBM Model #KB-7953
> >Operating system: Windows 98
> >XyWrite version: 3.56 (running in a DOS window off the Win98 desktop)
> >
> >The specific problems: (1) she cannot seem to type accents by pressing
> >Ctrl-Alt (or Alt-Shift) plus the ASCII number--on either the number keypad
> >or the top keyboard row. When she tries, she gets nothing. No weird
> >characters, no spaces, nothing. As though there was no keyboard input at
> >all. (2) When she tries to get the embedded code delimiters (≪ and ≫) on
> >the command line, a regular Ctrl + < or > doesn't work. She has to press
> >the relevant angle key twice, then hit backspace, and poof! the character
> >pops up. This is, needless to say, annoying. (3) She has to hit F5 twice
> >rather than once to put the cursor on the command line. Other problems may
> >surface, but these are the most apparent.