The pesky hyphen and equal

[Tim Baehr]

James Besser noted (as did Nathan) that when you select text the hyphen and equal signs
sometimes don't update properly on the prompt/status line to show that text selection is
in effect. At first, I couldn't duplicate the problem, but now I have -- and I have a
solution.

The problem is in the file ENHANCE.SET, where I provide a replacement for the DF function
call. My replacement uses the DM function call along with the DF so that anytime you
press F3 you will extend the selected area to the current cursor location. I find this
very convenient. If you don't, just delete the routine from your copy. (For you post-
version-III folks, the D in a lot of the function calls -- like DF, RD, DS, DW, DP, etc --
stands for "define." The terminology was changed to the more-standard "select,"
but the
function calls -- coded deep in the bowels of the EDITOR executable -- remained the same.)
Solution: Near the end of the ^DF routine, just before the BX oo Q2, put in a GT function
call. Position the cursor before the BX, press F5, and type "pfun gt" and press Enter.
(Pfun works as well as Pfunc and saves 20% typing). Save and reload the file ("load
enhance.set"). If you get a sharing violation when you save, save the file to a new name,
load THAT file, copy the new file to ENHANCE.SET, and load ENHANCE.SET. This isn't a
XyWrite bug; it has something to do with the operating system.

I don't know why the GT function call works, by the way. It seems that FF (force fill, or
force screen refresh) should work, but it doesn't.

Let me know if this cures your problem; if it works for you as well as it seems to work
for me, I'll upload a revised ENHANCE.SET to Nathan for posting (unless, Nathan, you want
to make the change yourself).

If you want a quicker solution, or don't want to change ENHANCE.SET, you can hit Alt a
couple of times to refresh the status line. But that means you have to remember to do it;
it's a kludge I don't recommend.

Tim Baehr