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- From: aaa@hpuerca.atl.hp.com (Simon Fowler)
- Subject: Re: Vuepad bug/feature. Was: Wanted: simple editor
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:29:01 GMT
- References: <1992Nov17.165327.27142@cs.ruu.nl> <Bxx54r.9sw@fc.hp.com> <1992Nov19.200445.13978@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz>
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- In article <1992Nov19.200445.13978@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz>, nholford@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Nick Holford) writes:
- > hugh@ (Hugh Mahon) writes:
- >
- > >If you have HP-UX version 8.07 or later, try 'vuepad', an X-Windows based
- > >simple to use editor.
- >
- > Is this a bug or a feature?
- > When I scroll through a doc in vuepad using PgDn (on the Vectra PC
- > keyboard) then go for finer control using the down arrow key I find that
- > I jump back to the top of the doc where the I bar and the ^ are still
- > sitting.
- > Other simple editors I have used (e.g. OS/2 e.exe) keeps the i
- > bar/cursor insertion point in sync with PgDn/PgUp movements.
- > The HP way requires I move from the keyboard to the mouse and click it
- > somewhere on the page I have scrolled to. This is very clumsy for an
- > editor which is necessarily a keyboard focussed app.
-
- Interesting - I have the problem with E.EXE. It is VERY frustrating!!.
- I am using OS/2 1.3 most of the time and that is where I see the problem.
-
- simon
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