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- PROBLEM: No files are shown in the "Files" list in the
- Open... dialog.
- WORKAROUND: When you use the "Filter" field, include the
- file specification or a complete directory specification,
- including the trailing "/" on Unix. (See Help in the
- Open... dialog).
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- PROBLEM: Keyboard shortcuts for menu items don't work.
- WORKAROUND: Be sure the Caps Lock and Num Lock keys are both
- unlocked. In Motif programs, these keys prevent the menu
- accelerators from working.
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- PROBLEM: Find Again and Replace Again don't continue in the
- same direction as the original Find or Replace.
- WORKAROUND: Find Again and Replace Again don't use the
- direction of the original search. The Shift key controls
- the direction: Ctrl+G means forward, Shift+Ctrl+G means
- backward.
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- PROBLEM: Preferences specified in the Preferences menu don't
- seem to get saved when I select Save Defaults.
- WORKAROUND: NEdit has two kinds of preferences: 1) per-
- window preferences, in the Preferences menu, and 2) default
- settings for preferences in newly created windows, in the
- Default Settings sub-menu of the Preferences menu. Per-
- window preferences are not saved by Save Defaults, only
- Default Settings.
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- PROBLEM: Columns and indentation don't line up.
- WORKAROUND: NEdit is using a proportional width font. Set
- the font to a fixed style (see Preferences).
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- PROBLEM: NEdit performs poorly on very large files.
- WORKAROUND: Turn off Incremental Backup. With Incremental
- Backup on, NEdit periodically writes a full copy of the file
- to disk.
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- PROBLEM: Commands added to the Shell Commands menu (Unix
- only) don't output anything until they are finished
- executing.
- WORKAROUND: If the command output is directed to a dialog,
- or the input is from a selection, output is collected
- together and held until the command completes. De-select
- both of the options and the output will be shown
- incrementally as the command executes.
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- PROBLEM: Dialogs don't automatically get keyboard focus when
- they pop up.
- WORKAROUND: Most X Window managers allow you to choose
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- between two categories of keyboard focus models: pointer
- focus, and explicit focus. Pointer focus means that as you
- move the mouse around the screen, the window under the mouse
- automatically gets the keyboard focus. NEdit users who use
- this focus model should set "Popups Under Pointer" in the
- Default Settings sub menu of the preferences menu in NEdit.
- Users with the explicit focus model, in some cases, may have
- problems with certain dialogs, such as
- Find and Replace. In MWM this is caused by the mwm
- resource startupKeyFocus being set to False (generally a bad
- choice for explicit focus users). NCDwm users should use
- the focus model "click" instead of "explicit", again, unless
- you have set it that way to correct specific problems, this
- is the appropriate setting for most explicit focus users.
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- PROBLEM: Operations between rectangular selections on
- overlapping lines do nothing.
- WORKAROUND: None. These operations are very complicated and
- rarely used, maybe next version...
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- PROBLEM: Cut and Paste menu items fail, or possibly crash,
- for very large (multi-megabyte) selections.
- WORKAROUND: Use selection copy (middle mouse button click)
- for transferring larger quantities of data. Cut and Paste
- save the copied text in server memory, which is usually
- limited.
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- PROBLEM: (in Motif 1.1 Versions) The shortcut method for
- entering control characters (Alt+Ctrl+char) is not
- available.
- WORKAROUND: Use the Ins. Control Char command.
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- PROBLEM: (in Motif 1.1 Versions) Pop-up dialogs "jump"
- (appear briefly in a different location) when they are first
- invoked.
- WORKAROUND: Turn off "Popups Under Pointer" if this gives
- you a headache.
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