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- ===== E-EDITOR CFORUM created at 17:33:54 on 92/04/07 GMT (by HOPKINS at AUSVM8)
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- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 13:06:19 on 92/04/10 GMT (by XXMTEL02 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: Macro's and EPM
-
- Our OS/2 development group is converting from OS/2 1.3 Microsoft tools
- to Workframe/2, C Set/2, etc. and we would like to use the EPM editor
- as our main development editor. I've reviewed an IBM internal EPM
- User Guide and Tech Ref, and clearly EPM as used internally by IBM
- developers can be customized into what we're looking for.
-
- But the EPM shipped with the 2.0 gold code doesn't have the macro
- compiler (ETPM) or the E source to things like the C syntax expansion
- macros. We need to be able to
-
- - add/change key definitions (e.g. make alt-x delete the current
- line)
-
- - write and compile macro's to link to keys and/or commands
-
- - do C syntax expansion according to Kernighan & Ritchie style (curly
- braces on their own lines, etc)
-
- Help! Where can we or our IBM SE get
- - the macro compiler for EPM 5.5 that's part of OS/2 2.0
- - a K&R version of the C syntax expansion macros, or a basis for doing
- our own
- - more recent documentation than the User guide for ver 5.18 and Tech
- Ref for ver 5.15 that we've reviewed
-
- Thanks
- Mike Capern, Maritime Tel & Tel, 902-421-5125
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 18:42:18 on 92/04/13 GMT (by XXBCHY11 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: Missing LEXAM.DLL
- From: Joe Smeets, Vancouver , B.C. 604-663-2795
- When attempting to use the PROOF feature the product returns LEXAM.DLL
- is missing. Is spell checking to be supported ? Will E-Editor additional
- E-Editor macros be available ?
- Regards, Joe Smeets
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 20:02:56 on 92/04/13 GMT (by HOPKINS at AUSVM8)
- Subject: Missing LEXAM.DLL
- The feature you have requested is not currently planned for
- release under OS/2 2.0 .
- Please contact your local IBM Branch representative for assistance
- in creating the compiled extension for EPM.
- While the ETPM code is not supported for OS/2 2 (as well as problems
- encountered as a result of modifications by the ETPM compiler) your
- local SE/Marketing rep can re-customize your editor to suit your
- particular needs. While your SE is not able to provide the
- Internal Use only compiler, they are allowed to customize the
- extension for you.
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 20:25:27 on 92/04/13 GMT (by FOLGER at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Missing LEXAM.DLL
- Ref: Append at 18:42:18 on 92/04/13 GMT (by XXBCHY11 at TORVMCOP)
-
- I just talked to the manager responsible for enhanced editor. I suspect
- he will follow up this append with additional comments.
-
- While LEXAM.DLL is not available as a part of OS/2, it is delivered
- with two IBM products for OS/2, including both TCP/IP for OS/2 and
- the latest level DisplayWrite. Enhanced editor will pick up LEXAM
- from either of these packages once it exists in the OS/2 LIBPATH.
- Enhanced editor was preconfigured to support LEXAM.DLL so that this
- enhancement would be possible.
-
- We are working on making ETPM available to customers on an informal
- basis.
-
- Davis Foulger
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 21:14:45 on 92/04/23 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject:temporaly file location
- I'd like to suggest to the editor's developers to default
- the autosave directory and the temporaly file location to the
- same directory where the TMP= or TEMP= environmental
- variable points. (If the user has one.)
-
- Geza Szivos 403-290-6583
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 21:49:33 on 92/04/23 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: temporary file location
- Ref: Append at 21:14:45 on 92/04/23 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP)
-
- I have my temp files saved to a VDISK; I definitely do *not* want my
- autosave files saved there - in case of a loss of power, the autosave
- files will be lost!
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 22:56:54 on 92/04/23 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: temporary file location
- Ref: Append at 21:49:33 on 92/04/23 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- You've got your points.
- Someone with 6Mb RAM is just dreaming from VDISK. I used seven years
- ago on a 512K Hyperion PC (dual floppy!)
- Geza Szivos
- I'm afraid of VDISK since then it fills up, it will kill the compiler.
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 18:57:17 on 92/04/24 GMT (by XXTCAN06 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: Drag/Drop into ring!
-
- Is there any way to set up an EPM program object unto which the
- dropping of data file would simply add the file to the current edit ring?
- Without starting another EPM thread with a single file in the ring?
-
- Actually I would like to take this one step further and have EPM be the
- default Pop Up Menu Open option so that by double-clicking on a text file
- it would be added to the ring (or create a ring of one file if the ring
- was empty).
-
- I've found that dragging a file unto a current EPM opened window adds
- the file to the ring (as long as Options->Preferences->Ring Enabled is
- set). But that seems to be the only drag/drop operation that does what I
- want!
-
- Pierre Legault - Transport Canada.
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 20:06:55 on 92/04/24 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Drag/Drop into ring!
- Ref: Append at 18:57:17 on 92/04/24 GMT (by XXTCAN06 at TORVMCOP)
-
- The only way to drop a file and have it added to an existing edit window
- is by dropping it on that edit window (icon or title bar).
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:07:24 on 92/05/11 GMT (by AMRT039 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: ETPM Availability - Attn: Larry Margolis
-
- Larry (or your manager).......
- Can you please advise us whether ETPM will be available here on OS2BBS?
- I had asked Brian Ross (Boca Labs) about this and he received a note from your
- manager indicating that ETPM would be put up here on OS2BBS sometime after GA.
- Is this still the case? If not, can you please advise us as to how we can
- obtain the compiler? Also, will various EPM macro authors in IBM and else-
- where be allowed to post their nifty additions to EPM as enhancements (a la
- the stuff in OS2TOOLS)? I for one, would like to see more info/enhancements
- to the host-workstation coorperative editing using EPM. Any help/suggestions
- you can offer would be most appreciated!! Thanks.
-
- Toby Pennycuff
- American Airlines
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 15:39:08 on 92/05/12 GMT (by SMTP at WATSON)
- Subject: ETPM Availability
-
- My name is Gennaro (Jerry) Cuomo. I am the manager of the OS/2 Applications
- and Tools Group at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown. I am
- also one of the original people who designed and developed EPM. (The OS/2
- 2.0 Enhanced Editor).
-
- At the present moment, my team and I are preparing a release of a package on
- the OS2BBS that will include the Enhanced Editor Macro Translator (ETPM), an
- on-line technical reference guide, and the full set of macro source for the
- Enhanced Editor. (Please don't hold me to an exact date but...) We should
- be ready for a release at the end of this month.
-
- For those of you who are not familiar with the E Language, it is a REXX-like
- language that is used by the Enhanced Editor to create commands, define
- processing of key events, and general processing of PM events (i.e. MOUSE
- and MENU events) The E Language is compiled to a 'pcode', and is housed in
- an .EX file. The Enhanced Editor can link in many of these .EX modules to
- dynamically add new functions as the editor evolves.
-
- You ask, why do you use a REXX-like language and not REXX SAA itself?
- That's a very good question, and as time goes on, the answer is getting less
- and less convincing. The reason is that, traditionally, the compiled E
- Language was much faster then interpreted REXX. This statement, however, is
- becoming less and less true with each new release of REXX SAA. *Our long
- term plan* is to switch our primary macro support to REXX SAA. However, in
- the mean time, we will be offering the E Language on the OS2BBS as an "AS
- IS" package. (In this case, "AS IS" means limited support via E-EDITOR
- CFORUM)
-
- As of today there are three ways to enhance the Enhanced Editor. The three
- methods are: the E Language, REXX, and C. Our REXX SAA support is in its
- early stages. We are fortunate to have a REXX expert working with us to
- make this happen in a reasonable time frame. Our hope is to start shipping
- REXX macros with the OS/2 Developers Toolkit. Again, In the long run, REXX
- SAA is the way to go, but we still have some work to do. Shortly after our
- E Language release, we will be releasing documentation on our internal 'C'
- API's. These API's allow a C developer to use our E-MLE ( E-based MultiLine
- Edit Control) to create their own custom text editors.
-
- Anyway... We have lots of work to do, so let me get back to work :-)
-
- Gennaro (Jerry) Cuomo
-
- From: "Gennaro (Jerry) Cuomo" <gcuomo@watson>
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 19:24:04 on 92/05/12 GMT (by IL22868 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: How do I expand Tabs in file not created by EPM?
-
- I am using EPM to edit files created elsewhere (e.g., C header files
- from the MS OS/2 Toolkit) that contain Tab characters (ASCII X'09').
- The Tab characters appear as little "o"s. I have been able to expand
- the Tabs by typing "TAB S 8" on the command line, but the little "o"s
- are still visible and shift the displayed characters 1 space to the
- right for each Tab character. How can I remove the little "o"s
- without removing the Tab expansion?
-
- Ken Singer, Shell Oil, Houston
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 00:13:56 on 92/05/13 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: How do I expand Tabs in file not created by EPM?
- Ref: Append at 19:24:04 on 92/05/12 GMT (by IL22868 at OS2CUST)
-
- Tabs are normally expanded when loaded into EPM, but this breaks some
- programs (e.g., MAKE files and SENDMAIL.CF), so the .ex files distributed
- as part of OS/2 2.0 were configured to *not* expand tabs.
-
- One way to get the tabs expanded is to load the file via the built-in
- Edit command instead of from the macro front-end you usually get. You
- can do this by entering on the EPM command line
- xcom e filename
- (The 'xcom' says to use the internal command.)
-
- Note that when we say "expand tabs", we mean convert them to the appropriate
- number of spaces and remove the tabs from the file.
-
- The circle you see is the graphic character displayed and printed for an
- ASCII 9. It is treated as a variable width character, so you'll see
- white space to the right of it up to the next tab stop. The fact that
- you see the circle means that you can tell that it's a tab and not a
- number of spaces.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 15:17:49 on 92/05/14 GMT (by AMRT039 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: ETPM Availability
-
- Jerry,
- Several folks on CompuServe's OS2DEV forum have been asking about ETPM
- and whether it will be available. Can I ask for your permission to post your
- note in its entirety on both OS2DEV and IBMOS2 on CompuServe? I know that
- several folks are desirous of using EPM to its fullest, and making ETPM more
- readily available will only enhance its acceptance. Do you have a problem
- with your note being posted on these CompuServe forums?
- Also, will you consider encouraging various internal authors to make EPM
- extensions available outside of IBM via OS2BBS or CompuServe? I asked Brian
- Profitt about this, and he indicated that IBM's legal folks are working out
- the details to allow folks to publish their stuff on CompuServe as well as
- PCTOOLS and OS2TOOLS. Do you guys have an opinion on this? (I, for one,
- would love to get the Host editing enhancements so I can use EPM for my
- host-based files! <grin>).
- Thanks for your message, and I look forward to all of the contributions
- you guys have made in the past to continue on into the future!
-
- Toby Pennycuff
- American Airlines
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 21:40:30 on 92/05/14 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: ETPM Availability
- Ref: Append at 15:17:49 on 92/05/14 GMT (by AMRT039 at OS2CUST)
-
- > I, for one, would love to get the Host editing enhancements so I can
- > use EPM for my host-based files! <grin>).
-
- Have you tried? E.g.,
- e ha:profile exec
-
- The only difference from the old host file editing you're used to is that
- the logical terminal (LT) is now required. This avoids confusion between
- the virtual host drive and a local or LAN H: drive that the user might
- have. H: will refer to the workstation, and HA:, HB:, etc. refers to
- those host LTs.
-
- The Enhanced Editor as shipped is configured to use Send/Receive for host
- file transfer, and will work with VM or MVS files.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 14:13:19 on 92/05/15 GMT (by AMRT039 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: ETPM Availability
-
- <The Enhanced Editor as shipped is configured to use Send/Receive for host
- file transfer, and will work with VM or MVS files.>
-
- Larry,
- I know! I posted that on CI$ the day I got 6.304E up and running! As
- you may remember, we (AA) licensed EPM 5.14 about 2-3 years ago (at the same
- time as ALMCOPY - remember Boulder??). Anyway, I've been using EPM for host
- editing ever since, and LOVE IT! What I am hoping to see are the additional
- enhancements developed by the devoted EPMer's around IBM for things like host
- file lists from VM/MVS to use for selection of files to be edited, and other
- nifty enhancements that make for a more cooperative workstation/host environ-
- ment for developers. Also, has anyone there in Yorktown ever looked at a way
- to take the parsing/emphasis features from LPEX and incorporate them into
- EPM? What a great product that would be! Also, what about things like EPM
- enhancments which are specific to languages such as PL/I or COBOL or C?
- I think EPM is a great product! I only hope that the internal users of
- EPM will share their developments with those of us who are outside the IBM
- realm.
- BTW, since ALMCOPY is included with ES, shouldn't you guys include an
- option to substitue a modified E3EMUL.EX for ALMCOPY users? I *hate* SEND/
- RECEIVE, and would dearly love to go back to ALM. Any suggestions? I can't
- create a MYCNF.E with my mods until Jerry releases ETPM. <sigh>
-
- Thanks again Larry, and it's nice to make your acquaintance again!
-
- Toby Pennycuff
- American Airlines
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 18:23:53 on 92/05/15 GMT (by IL22868 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: How do I expand Tabs in file not created by EPM?
- Ref: Append at 00:13:56 on 92/05/13 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Many thanks. Upon looking closer at the file with tabs, I found
- extra spaces in some lines, which was causing them to be offset, not
- the fact that the tab "characters" were being displayed. Displaying
- them while padding with the appropriate spaces is actually a pretty
- good idea. There are some cases, however, where I do need to remove
- the tabs, so the "XCOM E filename" will solve that problem.
-
- It's great being able to get expert response straight from the
- "horse's" (developer's) mouth :-). Thanks again.
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 15:32:36 on 92/05/18 GMT (by GPOOR at BOSTON)
- Subject: How do I get the RING option to become permanant as in EPM?
-
- Regards,
- George Poor
- NNE Trading Area Services Company 8/426-5166
- CLIENT/SERVER UNIT (401) 276-5166
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:54:08 on 92/05/18 GMT (by TRAUTMAN at PKEDVM8)
- Subject: How do I get the RING option to become permanant as in EPM?
- Ref: Append at 15:32:36 on 92/05/18 GMT (by GPOOR at BOSTON)
-
- If you mean so that it is enabled all the time? Its the save options
- on one of the pull downs (After enabling it of course...).
-
- Bill Trautman
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 14:09:37 on 92/05/28 GMT (by WZ00533 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: CSET/2 help in EPM
-
- At one point in earlier versions of OS/2 and CSET/2 I was able to
- get online help for C functions by pressing CNTL-H on the function name.
-
- After installing all the GA stuff I seem to have lost that feature.
- I get the message "Help index EMPWKHLP.NDX not found". I remember
- old documentation stating how to get online help, but I can't locate it.
-
- Can anyone help?
-
- Dave
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 15:30:37 on 92/05/28 GMT (by TRAUTMAN at PKEDVM8)
- Subject: CSET/2 help in EPM
- Ref: Append at 14:09:37 on 92/05/28 GMT (by WZ00533 at OS2CUST)
-
- Dave, Check out the Readme Files that came with the Development stuff.
- I think one of them mentions what to do if things do not work quite
- when you hit the alt-H
-
- Bill Trautman
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:23:38 on 92/05/28 GMT (by WZ00533 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: CSET/2 help in EPM
- Ref: Append at 15:30:37 on 92/05/28 GMT (by TRAUTMAN at PKEDVM8)
-
- Bill,
- I thought the help had something also, but I rechecked and all I can
- find is references to the new kwik reference utility.
-
- I'll keep looking.
-
- Dave
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:47:43 on 92/05/28 GMT (by TRAUTMAN at PKEDVM8)
- Subject: CSET/2 help in EPM
- Ref: Append at 15:30:37 on 92/05/28 GMT (by TRAUTMAN at PKEDVM8)
-
- Dave,
-
- I just rechecked, your correct. Hummm...
-
- Bill Trautman
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 17:40:26 on 92/05/28 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: CSET/2 help in EPM
- Ref: Append at 14:09:37 on 92/05/28 GMT (by WZ00533 at OS2CUST)
-
- Look at the HELPNDX setting in your CONFIG.SYS. If it's set, EPM will
- look for that file; if not, the default is EPMKWHELP.NDX. (Actually,
- EPM will support multiple files, as in:
- set helpndx=dde4.ndx+epmkwhelp.ndx
- but the kwick reference utility doesn't support this.) I remember
- reading something that said to merge the two index files, but I couldn't
- point you to the document that said it.
-
- The index file (or files) is (are) searched for by EPM along the EPMPATH,
- DPATH, directory of EPM.EXE, and PATH. I don't know how the other
- program searches.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 19:06:16 on 92/05/28 GMT (by IL36962 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: EPM HOST FILE EDITING
-
- I recently tried to edit a VM host file as described elsewhere in
- this forum without much success. I issued the following command in
- an OS/2 window with my host A session in a ready state for transfer:
-
- epm ha:profile exec a1
-
- After pressing enter to execute this command, I bring up the task
- list to switch to the window where the transfer executes. The number
- of bytes being transferred counts to the file size, but when EPM is
- brought to the foreground there is a file transfer error TRANS121 and
- it says that it assumes the host file could not be found. By the
- way, I successfully transferred this file at the OS/2 command prompt
- using the receive command as follows:
-
- receive profile.txt a:profile exec a1 (crlf ascii
-
- The comm manager error log listed error 0022 subtype 108D which is
- the function call DosOpen2. The sense code was x'7B' or 123 which
- translates to an invalid file name. Any ideas?
-
- Brian McManamon
- Ford Credit
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 04:06:13 on 92/05/29 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: EPM HOST FILE EDITING
- Ref: Append at 19:06:16 on 92/05/28 GMT (by IL36962 at OS2CUST)
-
- 1. What is your autosave path set to (Options / Preferences / Settings;
- Paths page). The file is transferred to this directory and then
- loaded from there.
-
- 2. Try entering on the EPM command line:
- e 'echo on' ha:profile exec 'echo off'
- This will trace all the commands that are being executed; maybe
- you'll see something odd.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 12:09:24 on 92/05/29 GMT (by WZ00533 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: CSET/2 help in EPM
- Ref: Append at 17:40:26 on 92/05/28 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Larry,
-
- My HELPNDX in the Config.sys looks like this:SET HELPNDX=EPMKWHLP.NDX+DDE4.NDX
- Both files are in my DPATH. Should they be somewhere else?
-
- Dave
-
- Dave Ferrey - Bethlehem Steel Corp
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 14:49:10 on 92/05/29 GMT (by CJACKSON at WMAVM7)
- ..... E-EDITOR CFORUM modified at 15:37:24 on 92/05/29 GMT (by CJACKSON at WMAVM7)
- Subject: Enhanced Editor Options
-
- Append deleted.
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:12:02 on 92/05/29 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: CSET/2 help in EPM
- Ref: Append at 12:09:24 on 92/05/29 GMT (by WZ00533 at OS2CUST)
-
- Are you sure that both are in your DPATH? I just tried entering on the
- EPM command line:
- ep epmkwhlp.ndx dpath
- and it wasn't found. I then looked on disk for my .NDX files, and found
- EPMKWHLP.NDX in \toolkt20\book, which is *not* in my DPATH.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 20:46:57 on 92/05/29 GMT (by TRAVIS at AUSVM1)
- Subject: Enter key changes via Settings don't seem to work
-
- I changed the Enter key settings, ie for Enter to be move to next line
- without adding a line, unless at end of document (item 3), but neither
- APPLY nor SET seem to activate this. Even tried Save Options from
- options pulldown without effect.
-
- If I exit and restart EPM, the Settings notebook still shows the
- changed settings the way I want them, but Enter still gives me a new
- line, or splits the line I'm on.
-
- Don Travis
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 21:53:11 on 92/05/29 GMT (by IL36962 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: EPM HOST FILE EDITING
- Ref: Append at 04:06:13 on 92/05/29 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Thanks Larry. I set up my autosave path to C:\BMCMANAM. I then entered
- the command in the command dialog as you suggested. I received the following
- messages:
- 1 - EHLLAPI_SEND_RECEIVE(9, "QUIET")
- 2 - EHLLAPI_SEND_RECEIVE(91, "C:\BMCMANAM\PROFILE.EXE A:PROFILE EXEC A1 (ASCII
- CRLF")
- 3 - XCOM e /t /n .newfile
- 4 - File Transfer Error 121. Assuming host file not found.
- 5 - xcom e /n fto.e
- 6 - 0
- 7 - xcom I /6
- 8 - echo off
-
- By chance, I exited from epm to an OS/2 window, changed to the cmlib directory,
- and reentered epm. When I executed the above command in the command dialog,
- I received the same messages except for line 3 which read:
-
- XCOM e /d /q /t C:\BMCMANAM\PROFILE.EXE
-
- I did not get the error message as on line 4 and the transfer worked. Any
- explanation?
-
- Brian McManamon
- Ford Credit
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 18:20:03 on 92/06/01 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Enter key changes via Settings don't seem to work
- Ref: Append at 20:46:57 on 92/05/29 GMT (by TRAVIS at AUSVM1)
-
- As the comment at the top of the Keys notebook page says, the definitions
- there are only in effect when Stream editing is off. If you have Stream
- editing on, then Enter always splits the line at the cursor (as though
- you were inserting a newline character into a stream of text). Select
- Options / Preferences / Stream editing to toggle; Options / Save Options
- to make the current setting the default.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 18:22:03 on 92/06/01 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: EPM HOST FILE EDITING
- Ref: Append at 21:53:11 on 92/05/29 GMT (by IL36962 at OS2CUST)
-
- Sounds like you don't have SEND and RECEIVE in your path. (Either that,
- or you don't have a required DLL in your LIBPATH.)
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 20:51:03 on 92/06/01 GMT (by XXBCHY11 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: Missing LEXAM.DLL
- Ref: Append at 20:25:27 on 92/04/13 GMT (by FOLGER at YKTVMV)
-
- I have TCP/IP and I now have a copy of LEXAM.DLL. I copied it into
- C:\OS2\APPS which is the default at my workstation. When I try to
- execute the PROOF function I still get the message that Dynalink:
- Unrecognized Library Name: LEXAM.DLL. Do I have to do anything else ?
-
- Regards, Joe Smeets
- WESTECH Information Systems Inc.
- Vancouver, BC, Canada (604) 663-2795
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 02:02:04 on 92/06/02 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Missing LEXAM.DLL
- Ref: Append at 20:51:03 on 92/06/01 GMT (by XXBCHY11 at TORVMCOP)
-
- The DLL must be in a directory in your LIBPATH. Most likely, \OS2\APPS
- is not, but \OS2\APPS\DLL is.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:06:34 on 92/06/02 GMT (by TRAVIS at AUSVM1)
- Subject: Enter key changes via Settings don't seem to work
- Ref: Append at 18:20:03 on 92/06/01 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- I just "discovered" that I hadn't read/followed the comment regarding
- stream editing being off in order for the Enter key settings to work -
- chalk another one up to user error! I had hoped to answer my own append
- with an update but you got to it first. Thanks Larry.
-
- Don Travis.
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 01:47:41 on 92/06/03 GMT (by XXBCHY11 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: Missing LEXAM.DLL
- Ref: Append at 02:02:04 on 92/06/02 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- I did what you suggested with success. I copied the dll into
- c:\os2\apps\dll. I still get the same message. c:\os2\apps\dll is
- in the libpath.
-
- Regards, Joe Smeets
- WESTECH Information Systems Inc.
- Vancouver, BC, Canada (604) 663-2795
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 03:46:54 on 92/06/03 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Missing LEXAM.DLL
- Ref: Append at 01:47:41 on 92/06/03 GMT (by XXBCHY11 at TORVMCOP)
-
- If you start EPM when LEXAM.DLL is in your LIBPATH, do the PROOF options
- show up on your Options menu?
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 04:10:47 on 92/06/03 GMT (by DJHILL at CLTVM3)
- Subject: ETPM
-
- I've looked on the OS2* tools disks for "ETPM", "editor" , etc., and
- can't find it... is ETPM available as a package?
-
- And, at the risk of exposing my prominent brow ridges, does ETPM
- provde a means of migrating PE2 macros/keydefs to E?
-
- Jeff Hill (SSD Tampa)
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 15:25:01 on 92/06/03 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: ETPM
- Ref: Append at 04:10:47 on 92/06/03 GMT (by DJHILL at CLTVM3)
-
- The E-EDITOR CFORUM is for customer questions and answers. The macro
- compiler is not yet available to customers; we're working on the
- documentation right now in order to release it as soon as possible.
-
- IBM internal users should use EPM FORUM for questions.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 19:57:08 on 92/06/03 GMT (by XXBCHY11 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: Missing LEXAM.DLL
- Ref: Append at 03:46:54 on 92/06/03 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- No Larry. Nothing has been added to the menu(s). I am issuing the PROOF
- command from the command line.
-
- Regards, Joe Smeets
- WESTECH Information Systems Inc.
- Vancouver, BC, Canada (604) 663-2795
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 20:40:23 on 92/06/04 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Missing LEXAM.DLL
- Ref: Append at 19:57:08 on 92/06/03 GMT (by XXBCHY11 at TORVMCOP)
-
- I'm stumped; with LEXAM.DLL in my LIBPATH, starting the Enhanced Editor
- results in Proof, Proof Word, and Synonym appearing on the Options menu.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 17:29:11 on 92/06/07 GMT (by XXBCHY11 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: Missing LEXAM.DLL
- Ref: Append at 20:40:23 on 92/06/04 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Still no luck Larry. To summarize, this is what I've done:
- 1) Copied Lexam.dll into c:\os2\apps\dll
- 2) Setup c:\lexam and copied US.DCT into it.
- 3) No spellcheck options appear on my options menu.
- 4) There is an epmlex.ex in c:\os2\apps
- Source for lexam.dll was TCP/IP 1.2 filesize=34276 date=4-13-92
- Source for US.DCT was DisplayWrite/5 (DOS)
- C:\os2\apps\dll is in my libpath.
-
- Is this dll the correct size ? I use TCP/IP 1.1, so I asked my SE to
- provide lexam.dll from TCP/IP 1.2.
-
- If the dll turns out to be the problem you can send me the correct one
- My linkid is xxbchy11 at TORVMCOP
- Thanks Again.
-
- Regards, Joe Smeets
- WESTECH Information Systems Inc.
- Vancouver, BC, Canada (604) 663-2795
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 23:06:54 on 92/06/07 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Missing LEXAM.DLL
- Ref: Append at 17:29:11 on 92/06/07 GMT (by XXBCHY11 at TORVMCOP)
-
- My LEXAM.DLL is 67,584 bytes. It's been the same for every release.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 12:28:08 on 92/06/08 GMT (by PMUELLR at CARVM3)
- Subject: Missing LEXAM.DLL
- Ref: Append at 23:06:54 on 92/06/07 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Sounds like the file didn't get ftp'ed in binary.
-
- Patrick Mueller - IBM Cary
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 12:55:59 on 92/06/08 GMT (by RRPLYLER at CLTVM3)
- Subject: Missing LEXAM.DLL
- Ref: Append at 17:29:11 on 92/06/07 GMT (by XXBCHY11 at TORVMCOP)
-
- The files on the TCP/IP diskettes are compressed. I think that you
- have to install LAMAIL so that that DLL will be uncompressed, and
- can then be used.
-
- Bob Plyler
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 03:06:25 on 92/06/09 GMT (by XXBCHY11 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: Missing LEXAM.DLL
- Ref: Append at 12:55:59 on 92/06/08 GMT (by RRPLYLER at CLTVM3)
-
- Thanks. I'll follow up.
-
- Regards, Joe Smeets
- WESTECH Information Systems Inc.
- Vancouver, BC, Canada (604) 663-2795
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 03:07:29 on 92/06/09 GMT (by XXBCHY11 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: Missing LEXAM.DLL
- Ref: Append at 23:06:54 on 92/06/07 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Thanks Larry I'll follow up.
-
- Regards, Joe Smeets
- WESTECH Information Systems Inc.
- Vancouver, BC, Canada (604) 663-2795
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 13:26:17 on 92/06/10 GMT (by AMRT039 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: ETPM Availability - Can we have an update?
-
- Larry or Jerry,
-
- Could one of you update us on your progress in making ETPM ready for its
- coming out party? I keep checking every day, but haven't seen anything as
- yet. Can you give us a status?
- Thanks.
-
- Toby Pennycuff American Airlines USAMRRZL @ IBMMAIL
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:33:07 on 92/06/10 GMT (by KOLSKY at HAIFASC3)
- Subject: CSET/2 help in EPM
- Ref: Append at 17:40:26 on 92/05/28 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- The something that said to merge the two files (with accurate
- instructions as to how to do it, is the C-Set/2 installation's
- Read.Me file (in the C:\IBM directory).
-
- Amir Kolsky Team OS/2 - Israel
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 21:00:58 on 92/06/12 GMT (by TBHIC at OS2CUST)
- Subject: Icon confusion
-
- I went into settings for EPM to associate it with data files, and all
- my standard ascii extentions. I have a folder on my Desktop that I
- created with data files having some rather long names. I double click
- on these data objects and bring up EPM.EXE. However, it seems that
- often when I am editing a file, a new file with the same name appears
- in the folder. Also, when <F2> and save the file, then immediately
- quit the program, the program will ask me to save the file again.
-
- This seems to happen for these data objects which I give long descriptive
- names and it seems to happen when EPM is saving or autosaving. But I
- am not positive. Also, It seems that I am getting some icon confusion
- in that I get a non-data file icon associated with one of these item
- or that the name of one item gets transposed on another data file.
- Is anyone else out there having similar problems?
-
- Also, is there a way to change the default "c:\lexam" path for the
- dictionary?
-
- Matt Hickman Chevron Internet: Matt@bhice.hou130.chevron.com
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 23:14:42 on 92/06/12 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Icon confusion
- Ref: Append at 21:00:58 on 92/06/12 GMT (by TBHIC at OS2CUST)
-
- If your autosave path is null, then autosave files will be created in the
- current directory. Could you be seeing the autosave files?
-
- How long are the names? If they're over 240 characters (including the
- path), then you're on the edge.
-
- To change the dictionary path, select Options / Preferences / Settings
- and go to the Paths page. If LEXAM.DLL was found in your LIBPATH, there
- should be an entry there for the dictionary and addenda file. (Enter the
- fully-qualified names.)
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 14:27:18 on 92/06/16 GMT (by TBHIC at OS2CUST)
- Subject: Icon confusion
- Ref: Append at 23:14:42 on 92/06/12 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Larry-
-
- Thanks for the information. I will be using a save path and see if this
- allieviates the problem of duplicated data objects in my folder.
-
- Any ideas on why I would get the data icon changing? I have seen this happen
- a couple of times where a data object is 'spontaneously' changed and the
- "template" box in SETTINGS->GENERAL is checked.
-
- Matt Hickman, Chevron Matt@bhice.hou130.chevron.com
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:44:51 on 92/06/16 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Icon confusion
- Ref: Append at 14:27:18 on 92/06/16 GMT (by TBHIC at OS2CUST)
-
- That's really a Workplace Shell question. When you try to move a template
- to another folder, it automatically makes a copy. I assume something
- similar is happening when you attempt to edit an object that has the
- template flag set. (The short answer is, I don't know what's going on.)
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 19:53:13 on 92/06/16 GMT (by IL19609 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: buildmenuitem...
-
- How can I call an OS/2 program {and pass parms} from the 'buildmenuitem' entry?
-
- Scott Russell
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 20:38:27 on 92/06/16 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: buildmenuitem...
- Ref: Append at 19:53:13 on 92/06/16 GMT (by IL19609 at OS2CUST)
-
- Just put it in as the command to be executed:
- 'buildmenuitem default 1990 1993 CopyToA: 0 0 copy *.txt a:'
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 13:36:03 on 92/06/17 GMT (by XXHAYM01 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: Editor File types
- How does one add to the list of file types available in the Open and
- Save As dialogs? I've managed to add some new file types to use from
- the various Drives views, but they do not appear in the list for the
- EPM dialogs.
-
- Tom Koschate
- Hay Management Consultants
- (416) 868-1371
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:02:18 on 92/06/17 GMT (by IL19609 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: buildmenuitem...
- Ref: Append at 20:38:27 on 92/06/16 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Thanks Larry, I thought I tried that but must have messed something up...Thanks
-
- Scott Russell
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:56:24 on 92/06/17 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Editor File types
- Ref: Append at 13:36:03 on 92/06/17 GMT (by XXHAYM01 at TORVMCOP)
-
- I believe it's hardcoded, but I'm checking.
-
- Note that you can set it yourself by entering on the EPM command line:
- addea .TYPE MyType
- and then saving the file. Note also that this will replace the current
- type(s).
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 17:45:30 on 92/06/17 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: buildmenuitem...
- Ref: Append at 16:02:18 on 92/06/17 GMT (by IL19609 at OS2CUST)
-
- If you still have problems, let me see the buildmenuitem line.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 18:17:55 on 92/06/17 GMT (by XXHAYM01 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: Editor File types
- Ref: Append at 16:56:24 on 92/06/17 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Ah, yes, of course! The undocumented addea command! Is there a
- corresponding command to show extended attributes? 'showea' doesn't
- work (and addea isn't in the epm help).
-
- Actually, I'm far more interested in having the type show up in the
- dialogs so that I can reduce the search space to those specific file
- types.
-
- Tom Koschate
- Hay Management Consultants
- (416) 868-1371
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 22:36:35 on 92/06/17 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Editor File types
- Ref: Append at 18:17:55 on 92/06/17 GMT (by XXHAYM01 at TORVMCOP)
-
- > Is there a corresponding command to show extended attributes? 'showea'
- > doesn't work
-
- There is, and it's called 'showea', but it isn't shipped. Just something
- I was playing around with to test this stuff out. When the macro compiler
- ships (I'm working on it, I'm working on it!), I'll include it or make it
- available as sample code.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 17:45:44 on 92/06/19 GMT (by IL19609 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: buildmenuitem...
- Ref: Append at 17:45:30 on 92/06/17 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- It was a SUE (Stupid-User-Error), I had a blank in the description. Now on to
- trying to pass dynamic parms to the command invoked from the pull down. Thanks!
- BTW, is there anyway to specify a letter to be associated with the menu item?
-
- Scott Russell
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 19:21:50 on 92/06/19 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: buildmenuitem...
- Ref: Append at 17:45:44 on 92/06/19 GMT (by IL19609 at OS2CUST)
-
- Precede the mnemonic letter with a tilde (ASCII 126 = x'7E').
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 14:08:26 on 92/06/22 GMT (by IL19609 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: buildmenuitem...
- Ref: Append at 19:21:50 on 92/06/19 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Great! thanks!!
-
- Scott Russell
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 18:40:38 on 92/06/24 GMT (by IL19609 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: split screen...
-
- Is there anyway to split the window of an edit window so you could be
- editing in two different sections of the same file ? I tried 'opening' another
- edit window that contained the same file, but changes applied to one windowed
- session is not reflected in the other. Thanks in advance...
-
- Scott Russell
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 19:31:21 on 92/06/24 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: split screen...
- Ref: Append at 18:40:38 on 92/06/24 GMT (by IL19609 at OS2CUST)
-
- There's currently no way to get two views of a single edit instance.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 15:45:38 on 92/06/26 GMT (by IL19609 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: split screen...
- Ref: Append at 19:31:21 on 92/06/24 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Thanks for the confirmation...I think <grin>. Do you know of any plans to
- support multi-view(s) of a given edit ? If not, whom could I direct a request
- to ? Thanks again!
-
- Scott Russell
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 17:25:43 on 92/06/26 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: split screen...
- Ref: Append at 15:45:38 on 92/06/26 GMT (by IL19609 at OS2CUST)
-
- We have it on our wish list; I don't know when it will get to the top.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 15:58:38 on 92/06/30 GMT (by XXCWBD04 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: Setting Colors - Quirks
-
- If you set your background color to something other than the default
- (i.e. black), and your foreground color to something else as well
- (i.e. white), when you do a print preview, nothing shows up. If you
- print this page out, you get a blank page.
-
- If you set the foreground color to a different color, and do a print
- the printed text comes out lighter.
-
- Why does setting the foreground color have an effect on the color of the
- printed text, but setting the background color have no effect?
-
- Greg Athayde
- Canadian Wheat Board
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 21:08:29 on 92/06/30 GMT (by ROK2070 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: split screen...
- Ref: Append at 17:25:43 on 92/06/26 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- If two views of the same file doesn't work out, how about something like the
- ISPF function of "excluding" lines from the display, so I can look at several
- sections of the same file at the same time?
-
- Ron Palmer, Rockwell International, Rocketdyne Division
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 22:42:13 on 92/06/30 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Setting Colors - Quirks
- Ref: Append at 15:58:38 on 92/06/30 GMT (by XXCWBD04 at TORVMCOP)
-
- The default background color is assumed to be the color of the page. A
- foreground color of white won't show up when doing WYSIWYG printing.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 22:53:21 on 92/06/30 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: split screen...
- Ref: Append at 21:08:29 on 92/06/30 GMT (by ROK2070 at OS2CUST)
-
- That's also on our wishlist, so that the ALL command can be more like
- XEDIT's ALL instead of using a separate file to display the matching lines.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 12:57:23 on 92/07/02 GMT (by IL19609 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: Current line to top
-
- Is there anyway to cause the current line containing the cursor to become the
- top line of the window ? Like XEDIT's '/' in the prefix area.
-
- Scott Russell
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 13:03:03 on 92/07/02 GMT (by IL19609 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: split screen...
- Ref: Append at 22:53:21 on 92/06/30 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Please keep the current ALL's ability too. It's kind of nice to be able to
- flip-flop between the 'ALL' view and a complete view. I only wish there was
- a way to keep the flip-flop from advancing thru the various occurances of the
- target. Also, the circular focal doesn't seem to "highlight" the correct
- position, <fyi>.
-
- Scott Russell
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 04:43:31 on 92/07/03 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Current line to top
- Ref: Append at 12:57:23 on 92/07/02 GMT (by IL19609 at OS2CUST)
-
- The following will do it in Rexx:
- /* Move current line to top of window. */
- 'extract /line' /* Get current line */
- call etksetfilefield 'cursory', 1 /* Move cursor to line 1 */
- line.1 /* Go to that line */
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:58:24 on 92/07/07 GMT (by XXISWI01 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: Initialization commands
- How can I automatically issue the "EXPAND OFF" and "TABS 4" commands
- every time I invoke EPM? Is there an initialization file?
-
- Eric Haberfellner
- Novell Canada - Toronto Development Centre
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 03:22:14 on 92/07/08 GMT (by JASON at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Initialization commands
- Ref: Append at 16:58:24 on 92/07/07 GMT (by XXISWI01 at TORVMCOP)
-
- Larry is on vacation this week, so I'll take a stab at this.
- Try creating a PROFILE.ERX file in your path and include the
- following...
-
- /* PROFILE.ERX - (Rexx) commands for EPM Startup. */
- 'EXPAND OFF'
- EXIT
-
- Then take the following steps to insure that
- PROFILE.ERX gets executed at startup:
-
- 1) bring up the Enhanced Editor
- 2) Ctrl+i (to bring up command dialog)
- 3) PROFILE ON (and hit enter)
- 4) Click on Options menu/pulldown
- 5) Click on Save Options
- 6) Exit the Enhanced Editor
-
- This suggestion solves your expansion request. I'm not sure how to
- change the default tabs to 4, so you'll probably have to wait until
- Monday when LAM will return from his vacation.
-
- Jason Crawford
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 04:56:40 on 92/07/08 GMT (by WESTON at TOROLAB5)
- ..... E-EDITOR CFORUM modified at 19:41:38 on 92/07/08 GMT (by WESTON at TOROLAB5)
- Subject: Initialization commands
- Ref: Append at 03:22:14 on 92/07/08 GMT (by JASON at YKTVMV)
- Append at 16:58:24 on 92/07/07 GMT (by XXISWI01 at TORVMCOP)
-
- Eric,
- To permanently change the tabs setting, add the line:
-
- 'TABS 4' /* including quotation marks */
-
- to PROFILE.ERX as outlined in Jason's append.
-
- | Be sure, though, that the 'TABS 4' line *follows* the 'EXPAND OFF'
- | line. EXPAND appears to reset TABS to 8.
-
- QED
-
- G.D.A. (David) Weston, NLTC - Toronto
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 14:34:32 on 92/07/08 GMT (by IL19609 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: Current line to top
- Ref: Append at 04:43:31 on 92/07/03 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Thanks Larry!
-
- Scott Russell
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 15:40:04 on 92/07/10 GMT (by IL78249 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: Adding a new file to the ring
-
- (no text entered)
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 15:43:37 on 92/07/10 GMT (by IL78249 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: Adding a new file to the ring
-
- Is there a way to create a new file and add it to the current ring? File - New
- replaces the current member and File - Add file... assumes an existing file.
- What I really want is an Add .Untitled option similar to the Open .Untitled.
- Any ideas?
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 17:04:22 on 92/07/10 GMT (by DAVISN at HOUVMSCC)
- Subject: Adding a new file to the ring
- Ref: Append at 15:43:37 on 92/07/10 GMT (by IL78249 at OS2CUST)
-
- If you select Options->Preferences->Ring enabled you will be able to
- File->Add file... (or press F8) to add a new file to the current
- ring. If the file doesn't exist, EPM will open an empty edit window.
- The file will be physically created when you issue a Save command.
-
- Or, you can create a file by dragging the Data File template to a folder,
- then drag the data file to the existing EPM window. The new Data File
- should be added to the current ring.
-
- Nathan Davis
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 19:01:58 on 92/07/13 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Adding a new file to the ring
- Ref: Append at 15:43:37 on 92/07/10 GMT (by IL78249 at OS2CUST)
-
- I generally go to the command line and enter
- e newfile
- if I want to create a new file called 'newfile', and then save it when
- I've entered the desired text. If you explicitly want a .Untitled file,
- the command
- xcom e /n
- will add one to the ring. Note that if you add a few and then select
- Options / List Ring (or press Ctrl+G), it will be quite confusing,
- whereas if you give the names that you want to eventually save them as,
- you'll easily be able to distinguish them.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 17:21:25 on 92/07/24 GMT (by XXMUTL27 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: Editting a .CMD file
- Ref: Append at 19:01:58 on 92/07/13 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Why is it that the actions of EPM change when I edit a .CMD file (in
- particular a REXX file). Some the the changes I like (recogizing
- certain control structures), but others are extremely frustrating. In
- particular, my tabs are reset from every 4 to every 8 and the behaviour
- of the enter key is totally messed up (instead of splitting the line at
- the cursor, it inserts a new line BEFORE the current line).
-
- Is there any way to change this? Going through Options->Preferences
- doesn't seem to help.
-
- Erik Vander Ahe
- The Mutual Group
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 20:17:28 on 92/07/24 GMT (by CJACKSON at WMAVM7)
- Subject: Blocking Multiple Lines of Text
-
- Is there a way to define a start line and end line to mark a large
- block of data without paging through a file by holding down the
- left mouse button? I have a rather large file (125K lines)
- of which I want to delete large blocks ( >3K) at a time.
-
- It's a hassle to have to hold down the mouse button and release it
- at a specific line (or if you happen to go beyond the line, remarking).
-
- I haven't been able to find anything in HELP to either specify start
- and end lines or mark a line X/page down/mark line Y/delete mark.
- Is this function available or is there another way to accomplish
- this via some other means?
-
- Thanks In Advance,
- Carl I. Jackson T/L 791-3402
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 20:42:51 on 92/07/24 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Editting a .CMD file
- Ref: Append at 17:21:25 on 92/07/24 GMT (by XXMUTL27 at TORVMCOP)
-
- The syntax assist has hardcoded tabs. This will be fixed in the next
- release / update / CSD / whatever.
-
- The Enter key is configured to do something special if pressed after
- certain keywords, but otherwise it should perform the normal behavior.
- It's never supposed to insert a line *before* the current line. What
- are the contents of the current line when you see this behavior, is
- Options / Preferences / Stream Editing checked, and what value do you
- have configured for the Enter key in Options / Preferences / Settings / Keys?
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 20:43:35 on 92/07/24 GMT (by DAVISN at HOUVMSCC)
- ..... E-EDITOR CFORUM modified at 21:00:45 on 92/07/24 GMT (by DAVISN at HOUVMSCC)
- Subject: Blocking Multiple Lines of Text
- Ref: Append at 20:17:28 on 92/07/24 GMT (by CJACKSON at WMAVM7)
-
- EPM knows three kinds of marks, character, line, and block. Character
- marks are like you get in stream mode, line marks mark entire (groups
- of) lines, and block marks mark rectangular blocks of characters.
-
- To mark from the keyboard,
- character : Alt+Z on first and last character in area
- line : Alt+L on first and last lines of area
- block : Alt+B on opposite corners of area
- |
- |You must have Options->preferences->Advanced Marking selected for this
- |to work properly
- |
- In addition, Alt+W will (character) mark the word under the cursor.
-
- Nathan Davis
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 21:11:43 on 92/07/24 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Blocking Multiple Lines of Text
- Ref: Append at 20:17:28 on 92/07/24 GMT (by CJACKSON at WMAVM7)
-
- Assuming you have Options / Preferences / Advanced Marking checked, you
- can press Alt+L on the first and last line that you want to be marked,
- or Alt+B on opposite corners of the block that you want to be marked.
-
- > I haven't been able to find anything in HELP
-
- Did you try Product Help / Marking/Selecting Text / Mark Types?
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 21:55:51 on 92/07/24 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Blocking Multiple Lines of Text
- Ref: Append at 20:43:35 on 92/07/24 GMT (by DAVISN at HOUVMSCC)
-
- > In addition, Alt+W will (character) mark the word under the cursor.
-
- Actually, it's a block mark. In addition, Ctrl+W can be used to mark an
- identifier. E.g., in the following:
- result = function(param1,param2)
- placing the cursor on the function call and pressing Alt+W will mark the
- entire (space delimited) function call, while pressing Ctrl+W will mark
- just 'function', 'param1', or 'param2'.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 11:24:02 on 92/07/25 GMT (by TRAUTMAN at PKEDVM8)
- Subject: Blocking Multiple Lines of Text
- Ref: Append at 20:17:28 on 92/07/24 GMT (by CJACKSON at WMAVM7)
-
- Yup, you may need to turn on advanced marking in the options pull down.
- The keys to do it are Alt-l on the first line, page to the end of the
- block and alt-l on the last line. That should mark the whole block.
- Then Alt-d to delete it.
-
- Bill Trautman
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:04:28 on 92/07/27 GMT (by XXMUTL27 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: Editting a .CMD file
- Ref: Append at 20:42:51 on 92/07/24 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Thanks for your reply Larry.
-
- I have steam editting enable and the ENTER key is define as option 1
- (new line after cursor). Note that changing the ENTER key definition
- has no effect whatsoever. I always get a newline before the current
- line AND the current line gets moved to column 1 AND the cursor is
- placed at column one of the current line (regardless of where it was
- before I pressed the ENTER key). This happens regardless of the contents
- of the current line.
-
- Also, is there a way to get a "smart" enter, where the cursor is placed
- in the same row as the first non-blank character of the previous line?
-
- Thanks for any help.
-
- Erik Vander Ahe
- The Mutual Group
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 21:48:23 on 92/07/27 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Editting a .CMD file
- Ref: Append at 16:04:28 on 92/07/27 GMT (by XXMUTL27 at TORVMCOP)
-
- OK, I see the problem. The workaround is to either turn off stream
- editing, or to turn off syntax assist (EXPAND OFF) when in a .CMD file.
-
- > Also, is there a way to get a "smart" enter
-
- If you turn off stream editing, you'll get a "smart" enter. I think if
- you set Enter to 6 (split line), you'll have what you want.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 14:48:11 on 92/07/30 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: FillFontWidthTable Error causes BEEP
-
- When using the LaMail application of the OS/2 TCP/IP every time I open a
- message I get a beep. When reviewing the EPM.LOG I see one entry for
- each message that I opened:
-
- ì7-28-1992,13:53:13┘ìfn=beep.log┘WinGetLastError1 0x41012 in FillFontWidthTable
-
- This does not occur on new messages that I create, just on existing messages.
-
- Any suggestions/thoughts...?
-
- Thanks.
-
- Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 18:16:32 on 92/07/30 GMT (by AABO1CY at OS2CUST)
- Subject: Using E-EDITOR to edit host file data is not in the correct columns
-
- Have NCP source file downloaded from the host. If I do a DOS TYPE command
- on the file everything looks OK. Using E-EDITOR to edit the file the sequence
- numbers that are normally in columns 72-80 are shifted to the left.
-
- smortve IDOT
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 18:39:51 on 92/07/30 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: FillFontWidthTable Error causes BEEP
- Ref: Append at 14:48:11 on 92/07/30 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST)
-
- That's something you can ignore. It seems to be an acceptable error from
- the system; I believe we won't be logging that in the next release.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 21:12:25 on 92/07/30 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Using E-EDITOR to edit host file data is not in the correct columns
- Ref: Append at 18:16:32 on 92/07/30 GMT (by AABO1CY at OS2CUST)
-
- Are you using a proportional font? If so, change to a monospaced font
- (e.g., System Monospaced or Courier). Does the file contain tabs? Did
- you change your default tabs setting?
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 21:25:33 on 92/07/30 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: FillFontWidthTable Error causes BEEP
- Ref: Append at 18:39:51 on 92/07/30 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- The issue is the beep which is very annoying. Do you know of anyway to
- disable the beep....? How about preventing it from being logged as that
- is the only thing in the epm.log which just keeps growing?
-
- Thanks.....
-
- Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 22:29:17 on 92/07/30 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: FillFontWidthTable Error causes BEEP
- Ref: Append at 21:25:33 on 92/07/30 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST)
-
- As I said, it won't happen in the next release. Since you're using
- LaMail, this means the OS/2 TCP/IP CSD that should be available shortly.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 14:59:29 on 92/08/17 GMT (by A5C202 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: Using EPM under OS/2 1.3
-
- I'm embedding EPM in a EASEL OS/2 1.3 application that I will be migrating to
- 2.0. I've encountered the following errors when using EPM under 1.3:
-
- - selecting Save as..
- missing STORMGR.DLL and PMSTDDLG.DLL
-
- - selecting Options-Preferences-Settings
- missing BOOK.DLL
-
- I attribute this to the fact that I'm trying to run EPM under 1.3 for which
- it wasn't meant but would like to know if there is a downward compatible
- version or if there is, in fact, a way I can make my present 2.0 version
- work.
-
- P.S. The above DLLs don't seem to be anywhere in my system.
-
- Lincoln Mayer - Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. - 314-235-4019
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:45:07 on 92/08/17 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Using EPM under OS/2 1.3
- Ref: Append at 14:59:29 on 92/08/17 GMT (by A5C202 at OS2CUST)
-
- The OS/2 2.0 Enhanced Editor was shipped for 2.0 only; those DLLs are
- pre-release versions of some controls which are included as part of
- OS/2 2.0. Later versions of EPM use the ship-level version of those
- DLLs - FCLNBP, FCLDLGP and FCLDRCP.
-
- If you want, you can get a copy of EPM which runs under both OS/2 2.0 and
- 1.3, *with* these controls, for only $200. Plus, if you act now, we'll
- throw in TCP/IP for free! :-)
-
- The base OS/2 TCP/IP product (P/N 02G6968 Feature 2059; announcement
- letter 291-501) includes a later version of EPM.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 12:57:59 on 92/08/25 GMT (by AMRT039 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: EPM *Newer* Release Than the 2.0 GA Code????
-
- Larry,
- Can you clarify something for me? In the reply to the gentleman from one
- of the Bell Companies (or RBOC's), you indicated that there is a *later*
- version of EPM included with the base TCP/IP product. Did I understand this
- correctly? If so, when will this be made available for all of the 2.0 users?
- And can you please describe the changes/updates to EPM that are included in
- this version? If the code is available, can you please give me an indication
- of where it can be had for 2.0 users? Thanks.
-
- Toby Pennycuff American Airlines USAMRRZL @ IBMMAIL
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 13:02:34 on 92/08/25 GMT (by AMRT039 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: ETPM Availability?
-
- Larry,
-
- Can you please give us all an update on the availability of ETPM and
- the User Guide/Technical Reference? It's been quite a while since I asked
- about this (early June, I think), and at that time I got a reply from Jerry
- Cuomo indicating that the code and docs were just about ready to go out the
- door (implying about a 30 day or less wait). Well, it's now almost September,
- and I haven't seen anything as yet. Can you please give us an update on the
- availability date and what we can anticipate. Also, how do you plan to make
- the code available? Via OS2BBS and CompuServe and the NSC BBS in Atlanta?
- There are several people on the IBMOS2 and OS2DEV forums on CompuServe
- who are anxiously awaiting these capabilities so that they can realize the
- full potential of EPM. How about a public update????? Please?
-
- Toby Pennycuff American Airlines USAMRRZL @ IBMMAIL
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 17:26:37 on 92/08/25 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: EPM *Newer* Release Than the 2.0 GA Code????
- Ref: Append at 12:57:59 on 92/08/25 GMT (by AMRT039 at OS2CUST)
-
- The version of EPM that was shipped with OS/2 2.0 is 5.50. The OS/2
- TCP/IP product includes version 5.51. Differences include bug fixes and
- a few minor enhancements (edit /k option to lock the file while loading
- it (also, better locking support in general), edit /nt option to say you
- don't want tabs (they'll be expanded when the file is opened), support
- for defining accelerator keys and mouse actions from Rexx, and probably
- a few other things I don't recall offhand).
-
- At the moment the code is only available with the TCP/IP product; it will
- be made available shortly to others. See my next append for details.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 17:35:53 on 92/08/25 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: ETPM Availability?
- Ref: Append at 13:02:34 on 92/08/25 GMT (by AMRT039 at OS2CUST)
-
- We expect to have something ready by the end of this month. It will be
- made available via at least OS2BBS and anonymous FTP, and also in some
- way that doesn't require an electronic connection.
-
- What you can anticipate will be the latest version of EPM, the macro
- compiler, the standard set of macros, documentation, a .NDX file that
- will let you press Ctrl+H to get help for any EPM function / statement /
- etc., and sample macro code.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 13:07:34 on 92/08/27 GMT (by AMRT039 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: ETPM Availability?
-
- Larry,
- Will IBM allow the updates that you plan to post here on OS2BBS to also
- be uploaded on the IBMOS2 and OS2DEV forums on CompuServe? Library 17 of
- IBMOS2 is where the IBM Employee Written Software can be found, as well as
- sanctioned fixes. I believe that this library is controlled by Mel Hallerman
- and Irv Spalten. At any rate, will you guys allow this code to be made
- available via CIS as well? There are several folks who have expressed a very
- strong interest in learning more about EPM and beginning to use it to its
- full potential. And unfortunately, not too many people besides folks in the
- Technical Coordinator program seem to use OS2BBS.
- What can I do to help get the code out on CIS in the proper libraries?
- Let me know, and I'll be glad to get started.
-
- Toby Pennycuff American Airlines USAMRRZL @ IBMMAIL
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 14:04:17 on 92/08/27 GMT (by XXSUNL45 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: ETPM Availability?
- Ref: Append at 17:35:53 on 92/08/25 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- How about on Atlanta's NSC BBS or IBM Canada's BBS as well?
-
- regards,
- Wilf Lee
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 17:31:12 on 92/08/27 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: ETPM Availability?
- Ref: Append at 13:07:34 on 92/08/27 GMT (by AMRT039 at OS2CUST)
-
- Irv has already contacted me and volunteered to help get the update out
- as widely as possible.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 19:26:23 on 92/08/27 GMT (by IRV at BCRVMPC1)
- Subject: ETPM Availability?
- Ref: Append at 17:31:12 on 92/08/27 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- For those of you who don't know where I send it to, I send all over the
- world, OS2BBS, CIS, NSCC BBS Atlanta, Europe, Canada, Spain, and other
- places. If you can get any OFFICIAL IBM FILES, fixes, data, or OS2EWS
- programs, I am the person who probably released them, and you will get
- them from the same places. Here is a partial list ...
-
- *************
-
- ********************************************************
-
- Danish IBM BBS. The BBS is open for end-users
- as well as dealers and IBMers. Facts:
-
- Name: IBM OS/2 BBS
- Phone: + 45 42 88 72 22
- Lines: 3 lines
- Speped: 9600 (V32 and MNP)
- Avail: 24 hours/day all week.
- Location: Lyngby, Denmark
-
- ********************************************************
-
- International BBS name : The IBM Belgium BBS
- In country BBS name : End-User Node.
- Location: IBM Belgium s.a. J.F.Kennedylaan 2, B-1831 Diegem.
- Voice number : 32-2-718.43.33 or 32-2-718.48.06
- Modem number : 32-2-725.60.10
- 8 lines, up to 9600 bps, 8,n,1, V32 24/24
- No MNP4 no MNP4.
- BBS is free and open to any user able to use a modem.
- End-User Node is "Customer needs" oriented not only OS/2 2.0, this means
- I have more than 20 areas like OS/2 1.3, PS/1 PS/2 hardware, Networking
-
- BBS software is customized Maximus/2 8 times.
- Fido connection in progress using Binkleyterm.
- Menus and help files are available in English, French and Dutch.
- Data are "as is".
-
- End-User Node distributes files/information and allows end user message
- exchange for "users helping users" facility.
-
- ********************************************************
-
- Name: IBM OS/2 Bulletin Board System
-
- Accessed via the IBM Information Network. For most of the U.S. this is
- a local or 800 phone number.
-
- For information on registration, charges and how to access the OS/2 BBS,
- call 1-800-547-1283 (voice).
-
- ********************************************************
-
- OS/2 BBS Sydney Australia
-
- This BBS also supports the Australia/New Zealand Developers Assistance
- Program.
-
- 8 lines, running from 300 - 14400 bps.
- phone number is 61 - 2 - 241 2466.
- Also on Fidonet, 3:712/353, phone 61 - 2 - 241 2708.
- Available for Crash Mail 24 hours a day.
-
- ********************************************************
-
- IBM National Support Center BBS, located in Atlanta GA.
- Sysops are Tony Reed and Wyn Easton.
-
- Phone numbers
-
- 1-404-835-6600 => First available modem
- 1-404-835-6296 => First available Hayes Ultra
- 1-404-835-5300 => First available USR V.32bis with ASL
- 1-404-835-5578 => First available IBM 7855 model 10
-
- Currently have 40 public phone lines and take over 60,000 calls/month.
-
- ********************************************************
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 22:42:54 on 92/08/27 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: ETPM Availability?
- Ref: Append at 19:26:23 on 92/08/27 GMT (by IRV at BCRVMPC1)
-
- Irv - don't you also support the Internet accessible anonymous ftp location?
-
- software.watson.ibm.com
-
- Lionel Dyck - Rockwell International, Information Systems Center
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 01:58:03 on 92/08/28 GMT (by IRV at BCRVMPC1)
- Subject: ETPM Availability?
- Ref: Append at 22:42:54 on 92/08/27 GMT (by ROK2027 at OS2CUST)
-
- I only SEND the files, the actual support of the FTP site is done by
- someone else, as is ALL places I send it to. I am responsible for
- CompuServe uploads though. Are you looking for the actual support
- person? It is nrt@watson (Nick Trio).
-
- Irv Spalten BPC Technical Interface Group, Boca Raton FL
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 22:43:26 on 92/08/29 GMT (by TCSC086 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: EPM Mouse-Through?
-
- I am not sure if this is an EPM problem or not. When I use the Desktop's
- window list and DblMouse my selection, the item is brought forward but
- EPM flashes back to the top. However, if use the window list and use the
- cursor keys + Enter to make my selection, the item is brought forward
- and stays on top of EPM.
-
- Now, sadly, I cannot reproduce this at whim. However, I KNOW I have seen
- this happen too many times for it to be coincidence. Further, I initially
- suspected the cause as Rampant Mousing on my part (dblclicks falling
- through or something...). I am now certain SOMETHING is wrong.
-
- I don't really expect a fix or anyone to dig into this. Like everyone else,
- I eagerly await ETPM so just ignore this <g!>. However, HAS anyone else
- seen this??
-
- Dan Lundy Time Customer Service, Inc. Tampa, Fl
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 04:15:07 on 92/08/30 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: EPM Mouse-Through?
- Ref: Append at 22:43:26 on 92/08/29 GMT (by TCSC086 at OS2CUST)
-
- Fixed in the next release. EPM activates the edit window on all mouse
- activity, and we're sometimes seeing a MOUSE_UP event from mouse
- activity on some other window.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 19:03:02 on 92/08/31 GMT (by TCSC086 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: EPM Mouse-Through?
- Ref: Append at 04:15:07 on 92/08/30 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Larry,
-
- Thank You! I was really beginning to think it was just me!
-
- Dan Lundy Time Customer Service, Inc. Tampa, Fl
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 23:49:40 on 92/09/03 GMT (by AMBC006 at MARTLINK)
- Subject: Prefix Area
-
- Is there any way to set up a prefix area like XEDIT and the PDF editors
- have ??
-
- Michael Suszko, Jr (A. M. Best Co., Oldwick NJ)
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 03:59:37 on 92/09/04 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Prefix Area
- Ref: Append at 23:49:40 on 92/09/03 GMT (by AMBC006 at MARTLINK)
-
- No, but once you're used to it, you'll find that you really don't need
- one. Using line marks, you can easily copy, move, and delete blocks of
- lines.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 23:22:15 on 92/09/04 GMT (by TCSC086 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: Block management
-
- IS there a quick and easy way to block text OTHER than the dreaded mouse
- pulling???? I checked out the block commands looking for a begin/end
- block (ala old Wordstart, etc). The commands I found don't do what I want.
-
- Dan Lundy Time Customer Service, Inc. Tampa, Fl
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 23:53:42 on 92/09/04 GMT (by IRV at BCRVMPC1)
- Subject: Block management
- Ref: Append at 23:22:15 on 92/09/04 GMT (by TCSC086 at OS2CUST)
-
- There is the ALT-B, it serves to mark the START and END of a block, ALT-L
- is also there to do it for lines, and then you can use the various other
- ALT keys to move, copy, delete, fill, etc. Need advanced editing I think.
-
- Irv Spalten BPC Technical Interface Group, Boca Raton FL
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 12:30:53 on 92/09/05 GMT (by IL26761 at HONE84)
- Subject: Block management
- Ref: Append at 23:22:15 on 92/09/04 GMT (by TCSC086 at OS2CUST)
-
- Dan,
- There is a text file floating around on some of the BBSes around the country
- called either EPMKEY or KEYEPM that gives a pretty good quick tutorial in
- various key stroke commands available for EPM.
-
- Jack Hiatt Marc Life Atlanta Ga.
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 15:33:43 on 92/09/05 GMT (by TCSC086 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: Block management
- Ref: Append at 12:30:53 on 92/09/05 GMT (by IL26761 at HONE84)
-
- Thanks for the info. I will hunt down the file. I have a sinking suspicion
- that EPM is just not going to do what I want it to do. I did check out
- the ALT-B originally, and then again under Advanced editing.
-
- Not it.
-
- What I want is to mark the beginning of a block, then move to the end
- (function copies are typical) then tell EPM to mark everything in
- between (regardless of column, etc). Is this doable??
-
- Otherwise, I guess it is time to buy an editor.
-
- Dan Lundy Time Customer Service, Inc. Tampa, Fl
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 13:26:35 on 92/09/06 GMT (by SDETWEIL at DETVMIC4)
- Subject: Block management
- Ref: Append at 15:33:43 on 92/09/05 GMT (by TCSC086 at OS2CUST)
-
- under Advanced marking, Alt-b start/end marks a RECTANGULAR area
- using the start/end columns as the left/right edge..
-
- Under Stream marking it should do what you want..
-
- Sam
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 15:09:45 on 92/09/06 GMT (by IRV at BCRVMPC1)
- Subject: Block management
- Ref: Append at 15:33:43 on 92/09/05 GMT (by TCSC086 at OS2CUST)
-
- Dan, it sounds like you DO NOT want a block, but more like an irregular
- area (NOT a rectangle) between two words. If this is the case, ALT-Z will
- do what you want. Help will bring up the KEY definitions, and look at
- marking to see all the options...
-
- Irv Spalten BPC Technical Interface Group, Boca Raton FL
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:15:02 on 92/09/08 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Block management
- Ref: Append at 15:33:43 on 92/09/05 GMT (by TCSC086 at OS2CUST)
-
- In advanced marking mode, Alt+B (or dragging MB1) marks a rectangular
- block of text. Alt+L (or dragging MB2) marks a range of lines. Alt+Z
- (or dragging MB3 or Ctrl+MB1) marks a stream of text.
-
- I find line marking easier for copying functions because you don't have
- to worry about column positions. People accustomed to working with word
- processors might prefer stream marking.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 13:52:13 on 92/09/10 GMT (by IL42140 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: COMMAND FOR MATCHING {}'S?
-
- IS THERE A EDIT KEY COMBINATION THAT WILL JUMP BETWEEN MATCHING {}'S, OR ()'S?
- THANKS IN ADVANCE
-
- CHRIS KLANN, BETA SYSTEMS, BROOKFIELD, WISCONSIN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 13:58:29 on 92/09/10 GMT (by IL42140 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: COMMAND FOR LEFT TAB & DRAG?
-
- IS THERE AN EDIT KEY FOR ALLOWING THE 'BACKTAB' TO "PULL" THE FOLLOWING TEXT
- WITH IT:
- BEFORE LEFT TAB:
- | MY_FUNC(FOO);
- | |
- | \
- | -------CURSOR IS HERE
- AFTER LEFT TAB:
- |MY_FUNC(FOO);
- |
- |
- THANKS IN ADVANCE.
-
- CHRIS KLANN, BETA SYSTEMS
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:28:54 on 92/09/10 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: COMMAND FOR MATCHING {}'S?
- Ref: Append at 13:52:13 on 92/09/10 GMT (by IL42140 at OS2CUST)
-
- Ctrl+left bracket.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:30:24 on 92/09/10 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: COMMAND FOR LEFT TAB & DRAG?
- Ref: Append at 13:58:29 on 92/09/10 GMT (by IL42140 at OS2CUST)
-
- No, but you could program one...
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:42:32 on 92/09/10 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: New release of EPM available, with macros, compiler, & docs!
-
- EPM 5.51 is now available, along with everything you need to start
- programming in the internal macro language, and a number of useful
- sample routines. It's available on the OS2BBS and for anonymous FTP
- from software.watson.ibm.com. The package contains 9 ZIP files, plus
- EPMBBS.TXT (the "read-me"). You don't need all 9 ZIP files; see EPMBBS.TXT
- for a description of what each one contains.
-
- (This update will also be on Compuserve once they allocate us more space.)
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YORKTOWN
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:52:09 on 92/09/10 GMT (by TRAUTMAN at PKEDVM8)
- Subject: COMMAND FOR LEFT TAB & DRAG?
- Ref: Append at 16:30:24 on 92/09/10 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Just as soon as the compiler is released <g>. or could they do it with
- the existing rexx support?
-
- Bill Trautman
- Internet: BTrautman@vnet.ibm.com
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:52:38 on 92/09/10 GMT (by IL42140 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: COMMAND FOR MATCHING {}'S?
- Ref: Append at 16:28:54 on 92/09/10 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- LARRY: THANKS FOR YOUR RESPONSE. I TRIED THE CTRL+} ON THE OUTSIDE BRACKETS
- OF A FAIRLY COMPLEX FUNCTION AND EPM CRASHED ON ME (EVEN LOSING SOME CHANGES
- I THOUGHT I HAD SAVED?!?). I DIDN'T WRITE DOWN THE EXACT MESSAGE, BUT I GOT
- A DIALOG BOX THAT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE QUICK REFERENCE HAVING A PROBLEM.
- THE RETURN CODE FROM EPM = 13. SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A BUG THERE. BTW, I'M
- USING THE 5.50 VERSION OF EPM.
-
- ALSO..FWI, THE CTRL+} DID WORK OK ON A SMALLER {} COMBINATION.
-
- CHRIS KLANN, BETA SYSTEMS
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 17:33:08 on 92/09/10 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: COMMAND FOR MATCHING {}'S?
- Ref: Append at 16:52:38 on 92/09/10 GMT (by IL42140 at OS2CUST)
-
- Could you send me the function and tell me which brace you tried it on?
- (You can change all letters to 'z' and all digits to '9' if you like.)
-
- Thanks,
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 18:41:24 on 92/09/10 GMT (by IL42140 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: COMMAND FOR MATCHING {}'S?
- Ref: Append at 17:33:08 on 92/09/10 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- LARRY: TRY THE FUNCTION ON ANY BEGINNING FUNCTION { OR ENDING FUNCTION }.
- I'M ABLE TO REPRODUCE IT EVERY TIME THIS WAY...IT SEEMS TO WORK OK ON ANY
- OF THE {}'S WITHIN A FUNCTION.
- SEEMS TO BE A BOUNDS-CHECKING PROBLEM OR SOMETHIN'. IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO
- REPRODUCE THE ERROR, I'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND AN EXAMPLE.
-
- CHRIS KLANN, BETA SYSTEMS
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 20:56:21 on 92/09/10 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- ..... E-EDITOR CFORUM modified at 17:39:21 on 92/09/11 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: COMMAND FOR MATCHING {}'S?
- Ref: Append at 18:41:24 on 92/09/10 GMT (by IL42140 at OS2CUST)
-
- I haven't been able to reproduce the problem. Please send the code (or
- try it with EPM 5.51 and see if it's been fixed).
-
- Bitnet: MARGOLI at YKTVMV
- Internet: margoli@watson.IBM.com
- IBMMAIL: USIB3HRS at IBMMAIL
-
- | Don't bother sending the code; the problem was fixed in 5.51.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 21:59:29 on 92/09/10 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: COMMAND FOR MATCHING {}'S?
- Ref: Append at 20:56:21 on 92/09/10 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- There is th e 5.51 ? I loggen on to the Atlanta NTS BBS today,
- and it wasn't there between the new files.
-
- Geza Szivos
- NOVACOR Chemicals (403)-290-6583
- NHO-32 801-7th Ave Calgary, Alberta, CANADA T2P 2N6
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 23:47:34 on 92/09/10 GMT (by IRV at BCRVMPC1)
- Subject: New release of EPM available, with macros, compiler, & docs!
- Ref: Append at 16:42:32 on 92/09/10 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- We got the space on CompuServe late today, therefore I missed the
- afternoon merge cut off. It will be available on 10/11 at 3AM for all
- you midnight oil junkies (EDT, 12 PM on the west coast...). The files
- total 1.8 MB almost, so please get EPMBBS.TXT and read it to see if you
- need all the files, some are optional...
-
- Irv Spalten BPC Technical Interface Group, Boca Raton FL
- CompuServe IBMOS2 and OS2DEV SYSOP (76711,175)
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 13:36:52 on 92/09/11 GMT (by IL42140 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: New release of EPM available, with macros, compiler, & docs!
- Ref: Append at 23:47:34 on 92/09/10 GMT (by IRV at BCRVMPC1)
-
- IRV: AS OF 8:40 CENTRAL TIME, ALL THE FILES *EXCEPT* FOR EPMAPP.ZIP WERE
- AVAILABLE ON COMPUSERVE - WILL EPMAPP.ZIP BE AVAILABLE SOON?
-
- CHRIS KLANN, BETA SYSTEMS
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 14:23:31 on 92/09/11 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: New release of EPM available, with macros, compiler, & docs!
- Ref: Append at 23:47:34 on 92/09/10 GMT (by IRV at BCRVMPC1)
-
- Irv,
- How about the Atlanta NTS BBS? they at least have 9600b modems.
-
- Geza Szivos
- NOVACOR Chemicals (403)-290-6583
- NHO-32 801-7th Ave Calgary, Alberta, CANADA T2P 2N6
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 17:20:45 on 92/09/11 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: New release of EPM available, with macros, compiler, & docs!
- Ref: Append at 14:23:31 on 92/09/11 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP)
-
- Thanks,
- I found it in the Vancouver BBS. I'll download most of them.
-
- Geza Szivos
- NOVACOR Chemicals (403)-290-6583
- NHO-32 801-7th Ave Calgary, Alberta, CANADA T2P 2N6
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 17:38:37 on 92/09/11 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: COMMAND FOR MATCHING {}'S?
- Ref: Append at 20:56:21 on 92/09/10 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- It's a bug in the reverse grep search that was fixed in EPM 5.51.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 20:16:38 on 92/09/11 GMT (by IRV at BCRVMPC1)
- Subject: COMMAND FOR MATCHING {}'S?
- Ref: Append at 21:59:29 on 92/09/10 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP)
-
- It was sent to the NSC BBS, but they need to make it available for D/L.
- Ask the SYSOPS, Wyn Easton or his backup. It is 1.8MB, so it might take
- them some time.
-
- Irv Spalten BPC Technical Interface Group, Boca Raton FL
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 03:04:25 on 92/09/14 GMT (by IL42140 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: COMMAND FOR MATCHING {}'S?
- Ref: Append at 20:56:21 on 92/09/10 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Larry: After downloading the latest EPM stuff (now yer talkin' a configurable
-
- editor!!!), the brace matching works just fine. Thanks again.
-
- Chris Klann, BETA Systems Inc.
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 19:45:39 on 92/09/14 GMT (by IRV at BCRVMPC1)
- Subject: New release of EPM available, with macros, compiler, & docs!
- Ref: Append at 13:36:52 on 92/09/11 GMT (by IL42140 at OS2CUST)
-
- The subject append just appeared on my shadow, but there was an upload
- problem, which took a day to correct. Sorry.
-
- Irv Spalten BPC Technical Interface Group, Boca Raton FL
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 19:50:07 on 92/09/14 GMT (by IRV at BCRVMPC1)
- Subject: New release of EPM available, with macros, compiler, & docs!
- Ref: Append at 14:23:31 on 92/09/11 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP)
-
- I use 9,600 baud modems, and it is not a small upload. Best I can get is
- usually 50K/sec or 3 MB per hour or so, not a tivial amount of time (40
- minutes) is one is paying toll or connect charges. On CIS, I sometimes
- find the speed to be 20K/min or less! NSC BBS is getting all fixes and
- other OS/2 2.0 files I distribute routinely. Only on CIS do I have TOTAL
- control. I upload and MERGE myself (if within the CIS allowable Merge
- time). Anywhere else (external BBS's) I only send the files to the the
- SYSOPs who actually make the files public for all to download.
-
- Irv Spalten BPC Technical Interface Group, Boca Raton FL
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 21:56:00 on 92/09/14 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: New release of EPM available, with macros, compiler, & docs!
- Ref: Append at 19:50:07 on 92/09/14 GMT (by IRV at BCRVMPC1)
-
- I had them on Friday from the Vancouver IBM BBS. They support 9600
- without any extra penalty.<g> We have 2400b CIS in Alberta, so
- to use CIS I would have to dial down the States, and my bills
- get much higher.
- Regards,
-
- Geza Szivos
- NOVACOR Chemicals (403)-290-6583
- NHO-32 801-7th Ave Calgary, Alberta, CANADA T2P 2N6
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 22:42:31 on 92/09/14 GMT (by NAAO3IY at OS2CUST)
- Subject: 5.51 first impressions
-
- Some pages in the INF files run off the right margin when printed
- to 8.5" X 11" PostScript.
-
- The Programmer's Reference syntax, Definition and examples topics are
- printed out of order when the whole INF is printed, requiring a _very_
- tedious manual collation.
-
- The INF files still speak in terms of OS/2 1.x and even DOS.
-
- Syntax and definition entries for MAP_POINT are orphans.
-
- **************
-
- All nits, I grant.
-
- BUT -- say it ain't so! Is EPM's Regular Expression ("GREP") support
- truly search-only? Ecch! Tagged-expression support is more than half
- the fun of regular expressions. (The regular-expression search in EPM
- is pretty wimpy, too.)
-
- **************
-
- Dragging the EPM corner icon in WPS (at least on my XGA) leaves ghost
- selection rectangles on icons passed over. Also, dragging it _seems_
- to work on the shredder, but doesn't -- worst of both worlds.
- Either it should be possible to scratch the file currently being
- edited by dragging the EPM corner icon to the shredder, or when the
- icon is over the shredder, the "unable" icon should appear.
-
- **************
-
- I dare say I'll have lots more to say later....
-
- John Kennedy -- Hoechst Celanese, Bridgewater, NJ
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 15:20:30 on 92/09/16 GMT (by G3035 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: EX code too large
-
- When I try to compile epm, I receive the message EX code too large:
-
- The 'E' Language Translator for OS/2. Version 5.51
- (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1986-1989, 1990, 1991
- compiling ...
- EX code size too large
- 'SORT_QRSORTMEMORYSTABLE',
- â•¡
- filename=sortDLL.e
- line= 44
- col= 54
-
- I have not changed any of the code I downloaded from this BBS. I do not
- have a MYSTUFF.E.
-
- Any suggestions?
-
- Andy
-
- Andy Miller, GPU Service Corporation
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 15:34:04 on 92/09/16 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: EX code too large
- Ref: Append at 15:20:30 on 92/09/16 GMT (by G3035 at OS2CUST)
-
- This was mentioned in the "Answers to frequently asked questions"
- portion of the README included with the E_MACROS. You need to add
- to your MYCNF.E:
- const
- EXTRA_EX = 1
- and then compile both EPM and EXTRA. (The default set of macros is too
- large to fit into a single (max 64k) .ex file.)
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:00:34 on 92/09/16 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: EPM 551 <->MVS support
-
- In the epmbbs.txt there is some reference to VM systems:
-
- LAMPDQ.ZIP - Unpack; contains a file to be uploaded to the host.
- LAMPDQ lets you enter commands in EPM that will be executed on your
- (logged on) VM host session and see the results in EPM. Requires
- Communications Manager.
-
- Will this work with MVS?
-
- Geza Szivos
- NOVACOR Chemicals (403)-290-6583
- NHO-32 801-7th Ave Calgary, Alberta, CANADA T2P 2N6
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 17:52:22 on 92/09/16 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: EPM 551 <->MVS support
- Ref: Append at 16:00:34 on 92/09/16 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP)
-
- No, it won't work, because it includes an exec that runs on VM. If
- someone were to write an equivalent for MVS, it should work. Note that
- the exec captures the command output by setting CPCONIO and VMCONIO to
- IUCV. I don't know if there's a way to do something similar in MVS.
- If not, then you could write a simpler MVS host interface that just
- used EHLLAPI calls to write to the host screen and capture the host
- output. Anything that had more than a screen's worth of output would
- have to be put together (and you'd have to handle sending CLEAR, etc.).
- LAMPDQ.E includes code that writes to the host screen and searches for a
- string, and GETHOST.E (included in the E macro samples file) includes
- code that gets a copy of the host screen into a file.
-
- (Note that I know almost nothing about MVS; I hope the above makes sense. :-)
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 19:05:18 on 92/09/16 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: EPM 551 <->MVS support
- Ref: Append at 17:52:22 on 92/09/16 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Larry,
- I knew less from MVS than you.(I'm positive.)
- I just was REAL impressed the editing of the host session like
- 'e hb:piblic.test'
-
- I can see that e (epm) is a whole new programming world.
- Keep up the good work, and thanks for the support.
-
- Geza Szivos
- NOVACOR Chemicals (403)-290-6583
- NHO-32 801-7th Ave Calgary, Alberta, CANADA T2P 2N6
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 22:28:55 on 92/09/16 GMT (by NAAO3IY at OS2CUST)
- Subject: EPM 551 <->MVS support
- Ref: Append at 17:52:22 on 92/09/16 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- There is an MVS REXX capture facility called OUTTRAP that grabs output
- to the console (provided that it was _made_ to the TSO console, and not
- to an output file that just happens to be allocated there) and puts it into a
- stem. Replacing the VM EXEC can probably be done quite easily.
-
- By the way, PLEASE tell me you're working on adding tagged expressions to
- the "GREP" support. And maybe a few predefined regular-expression macros?
- Regular expressions with no predefined white-space macros are a pretty
- poor substitute for a "whole-word" search.
-
- If M*cr*s*ft Pr*gr*mm*r's W*rkb*nch offers a good feature, let's make sure
- that Workframe/2 or EPM (as appropriate) has it, too!
-
- John Kennedy -- Hoechst Celanese, Bridgewater, NJ
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 00:04:02 on 92/09/17 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: GREP
- Ref: Append at 22:28:55 on 92/09/16 GMT (by NAAO3IY at OS2CUST)
-
- > By the way, PLEASE tell me you're working on adding tagged expressions to
- > the "GREP" support. And maybe a few predefined regular-expression macros?
- OK. We're working on it... :-)
-
- What's needed?
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 04:17:42 on 92/09/17 GMT (by JASON at YKTVMV)
- Subject: EPM 551 <->MVS support
- Ref: Append at 22:28:55 on 92/09/16 GMT (by NAAO3IY at OS2CUST)
-
- We are working on improving grep. For what specifically are you
- looking? For example...
-
- Jason Crawford
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 13:33:43 on 92/09/17 GMT (by AMBC006 at MARTLINK)
- Subject: EHLLAPI_RECEIVE Proc Unknown
-
- I am trying to use the LAMPDQ stuff and I keep getting a 'Call: unknown proc
- "EHLLAPI_RECEIVE" message when I go to use HLIST or QMSG. Yeap, I don't know
- what I am doing and I haven't figure out the syntax (yet).
- I am generally pleased with EPM, but it is soooo sloooowww, are there any
- hints and tips to make it run a wee bit faster ??
-
- Michael Suszko, Jr (A. M. Best Co., Oldwick NJ)
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 14:03:02 on 92/09/17 GMT (by IL42140 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: Custom colors/fonts in a C program
-
- I recall reading somewhere (I think it was in the OS/2 Developer mag) that
- EPM could be configured so that (for example) comments in a C program could
- somehow be in a different font ofr color(or both). In looking through the
- EPM 5.51 user's guide, it appears that using styles might have something to do
- with this concept, but I'm not sure how. It appears as though you would have
- to go through the whole program marking the "/*comments*/" and then assigning
- a style to them. Ideally, I'd like to be able to (1)Add a file and have that
- file automatically have the comments affected and (2) as I'm editing the
- source and adding comments, have them automagically affected. I hope I'm
-
- explaining this clearly...
- Comments/suggestions? Thanks in advance.
-
- Chris Klann, BETA Systems Inc.
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 14:13:21 on 92/09/17 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: Custom colors/fonts in a C program
- Ref: Append at 14:03:02 on 92/09/17 GMT (by IL42140 at OS2CUST)
-
- This would be a real useful extention to the editor to use it like
- the Borland IDE, see the comments and the C reserved words in
- different fonts\colors.
-
- Geza Szivos
- NOVACOR Chemicals (403)-290-6583
- NHO-32 801-7th Ave Calgary, Alberta, CANADA T2P 2N6
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 15:56:33 on 92/09/17 GMT (by TRAUTMAN at PKEDVM8)
- Subject: Custom colors/fonts in a C program
- Ref: Append at 14:13:21 on 92/09/17 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP)
-
- The basics are in there or else the Style stuff would not work.
- In fact, the EBOOKIE stuff that is in the EBOOKE.ZIP does something
- like that I think. get that package, install it and check the new
- menu pulldown on the editor. The trick is to have the correct
- macro set to implement what you are looking for. Right now,
- EPM is a general purpose programable editor. Anyone could
- extend the editor to do what you ask with a little bit of work.
- (my opinion).
-
- Bill Trautman
- Internet: BTrautman@vnet.ibm.com
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:02:37 on 92/09/17 GMT (by TRAUTMAN at PKEDVM8)
- Subject: Custom colors/fonts in a C program
- Ref: Append at 15:56:33 on 92/09/17 GMT (by TRAUTMAN at PKEDVM8)
-
- Forgot to mention--- LPEX is an excellent editor for doing the
- type of thing you are asking about. It was developed within IBM
- and marketed in some countries, not sure about USA. As far as I
- know it may still be available. The version available is a
- 1.2 or 1.3 PM application. A marketting rep should be able to track
- down info on it.
-
- Bill Trautman
- Internet: BTrautman@vnet.ibm.com
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:46:26 on 92/09/17 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: EHLLAPI_RECEIVE Proc Unknown
- Ref: Append at 13:33:43 on 92/09/17 GMT (by AMBC006 at MARTLINK)
-
- Sorry, EHLLAPI_SEND and EHLLAPI_RECEIVE were changed to a common routine
- in E3EMUL.E, but LAMPDQ.E never got updated. (I didn't notice, since I
- use ALMCOPY instead of Send / Receive, by specifying USING='CM' in my
- MYCNF.E.) To fix, edit LAMPDQ.E and enter the command:
- c /EHLLAPI_RECEIVE(/EHLLAPI_SEND_RECEIVE(91, /*
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 20:37:32 on 92/09/17 GMT (by IL42140 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: Custom colors/fonts in a C program
- Ref: Append at 15:56:33 on 92/09/17 GMT (by TRAUTMAN at PKEDVM8)
-
- Bill:
- Thanks for the reference to EBOOKIE...I'll take a look. I just didn't want
- to reinvent the wheel if it had already been done. There's so much stuff in
- the EPM docs - I hadn't even gotten to the EBOOKIE stuff yet.
-
- Chris Klann, BETA Systems Inc.
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 20:57:07 on 92/09/17 GMT (by XXHAYM01 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: GREP
- Ref: Append at 00:04:02 on 92/09/17 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- I don't know about other folks, but what I'd really like to see is
- regular expression support that matches that supplied by Brief.
- For example, one could have a search string such as
- ab{[0-9]}cd{[q-w]}
- and a replacement string such as
- d¢1qrs¢0
- This would transform the string "ab4cdr" into the string "drqrs4".
- I find this kind of thing very useful, for example when I have a list
- of variables that I want assign from a database record to temp variables
- and back again.
-
- Tom Koschate
- Hay Management Consultants
- (416) 868-1371
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 21:37:04 on 92/09/17 GMT (by AMBC006 at MARTLINK)
- Subject: EHLLAPI_RECEIVE Proc Unknown
- Ref: Append at 16:46:26 on 92/09/17 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Thanks, it worked like a charm. There are other problems but I will try to
- work them out myself - if I can't solve them I'll consider looking for a
- different career field (maybe a helicopter mechanic) that isn't as demanding.
- Actually you have given me enough to get started, I may roll some of this stuff
- over to the MVS (TSO -uggghh!!) system and see what comes of it.
-
- Michael Suszko, Jr (A. M. Best Co., Oldwick NJ)
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 22:12:08 on 92/09/17 GMT (by NAAO3IY at OS2CUST)
- Subject: GREP
- Ref: Append at 00:04:02 on 92/09/17 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Well, here is a rundown on the regular expression repetoire of PWB (using C
- trigraphs for non-EBCDIC graphics). PWB has two regular-expression modes, one
- compatible with Unix, and an improved one that is not compatible.
-
- Microsoft Unix EPM Use
- \ Same Same Escape
- ? . . Wild card
- ??' Same Same Beginning of line
- $ Same Same End of line
- ??( ??) Same Same Character class
- ??(~ ??) Same Same Inverse of character class
- X* N/A N/A Mininal matching (>=0 X, least needed)
- X+ N/A N/A Minimal matching plus (>0 X, least needed)
- X@ * * Maximal matching (>=0 X, most possible)
- X# + + Maximal matching plus (>0 X, most possible)
- (X1!X2!...!Xn) \{X1\!X2\} N/A Alternation (matches any one of these)
- ~X \~X N/A Not function (fails if X matches)
- X??'n N/A N/A Power function (exactly n matches)
- {...} \(...\) N/A Tagged expression (to be copied in replace)
- $n \n N/A Replace only -- copy tagged expression #n
- :a \:a N/A Alphanumeric character (A-Z a-z 0-9)
- :b \:b N/A White space (spaces and tabs)
- :c \:c N/A Alphabetic character (A-Z a-z)
- :d \:d N/A Digit (0-9)
- :f \:f N/A Part of a file name
- :h \:h N/A Hex number (multiple digits)
- :i \:i N/A C-style identifier
- :n \:n N/A Number (multiple digits, optional point)
- :p \:p N/A Path
- :q \:q N/A Quoted string
- :w \:w N/A Word (alphabetic characters)
- :z \:z N/A Integer (multiple digits)
-
- By the way, EPM * and + do not seem to precisely match _either_ the
- maximal or minimal matching of PWB. For example, given abbbc, I find the
- following searching searching for b+, starting from the line above:
-
- EPM a|BBbc ab|BBc abb|BC Not-found
-
- PWB Unix aBBBc abBBc abbBc Not-found
- _ _ _
-
- PWB Microsoft aBbbc abBbc abbBc Not-found
- _ _ _
-
- PWB Microsoft searching on b# produces the same results as Unix mode
- searching on b+.
-
- Changing b+ to X:
-
- EPM aXc
- PWB Unix aXc
- PWB Microsoft aXbbc aXXbc aXXXc
-
- The tagged expressions mean that you can change, say
- printf{:w*}\({?*}\); ("printf", $1 = 0 or more white space, "("
- $2 = operands, ");")
- to
- fprintf$1\(stdout, $2\); ("fprintf", same white space, "(stdout, "
- same operands, ");")
-
- John Kennedy -- Hoechst Celanese, Bridgewater, NJ
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 22:17:35 on 92/09/17 GMT (by NAAO3IY at OS2CUST)
- Subject: EPM 551 <->MVS support
- Ref: Append at 04:17:42 on 92/09/17 GMT (by JASON at YKTVMV)
-
- See my response s.v. "GREP".
-
- John Kennedy -- Hoechst Celanese, Bridgewater, NJ
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 04:08:49 on 92/09/18 GMT (by JASON at YKTVMV)
- Subject: GREP
- Ref: Append at 22:12:08 on 92/09/17 GMT (by NAAO3IY at OS2CUST)
-
- Thanks, as for the b+ situation, this is a bug in how the highlighting
- occurs during grep searching. I'll see if I can fix it before I go
- home.
-
- Jason Crawford
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 15:36:03 on 92/09/18 GMT (by XXTCAN01 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: EPM availablity??
-
- Larry, can you tell me if EPM 5.51 is available on the internal IBM
- disk's (ie OS2PROD) so that I can have my local IBM SE send it to
- me over the LINK
-
- Thanks
- Bob Turner Transport Canada
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 15:44:30 on 92/09/18 GMT (by IRV at BCRVMPC1)
- Subject: EPM availablity??
- Ref: Append at 15:36:03 on 92/09/18 GMT (by XXTCAN01 at TORVMCOP)
-
- Larry may not know, I put it up... TOOLCAT OS2TOOLS to get it..
-
- Selection: OS2TOOLS, OS2BETA, OS2TOOLB, OS2BETAB, OS2BET 1201 items 17
- Package Vers Rel Date Description TOOLCAT Versi
- EPMBBS 1.01 92/09/12 OS/2 2.0 EPM update and Macro support capability
-
- Irv Spalten BPC Technical Interface Group, Boca Raton FL
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 15:47:44 on 92/09/18 GMT (by IRV at BCRVMPC1)
- Subject: EPM availablity??
- Ref: Append at 15:36:03 on 92/09/18 GMT (by XXTCAN01 at TORVMCOP)
-
- Argg, customer forum and I missed it!!! Besides where I said it is, it is
- also here and many other external sources. See the 20FIX.TXT file for
- the individual ZIP file name you need to get. It was sent to the IBM
- CANADA OS2BBS too.
-
- Canadian Sofware Support Center, specializing in OS/2 and OS/2 support.
- The numbers for the BBS(s) are:
-
- Vancouver - 604-664-6464
- Toronto - 416-946-4244 or 4255
- Montreal - 514-938-3122
-
- Irv Spalten BPC Technical Interface Group, Boca Raton FL
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:34:44 on 92/09/18 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: README files
- Ref: Append at 15:34:04 on 92/09/16 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- > the README included with the E_MACROS.
-
- BTW - there were a total of 4 README files included; one each in EPMMAC
- (the E_MACROS directory, containing the standard set of macros),
- EPMSMP (the sample macros), EBOOKE (EBookie, for Bookmaster and
- IPF support), and LAMPDQ (for executing host commands from EPM and
- seeing the output in the editor).
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 01:47:27 on 92/09/21 GMT (by IL41468 at HONE84)
- Subject: EPM 5.51 missing ETKTHNK
- Ref:)
-
- I was trying to setup a edit profile on EPM 5.51. I clicked on options,
- preferences, and settings and got ETKTHNK.DLL not found. It is not on
- any of the zips I downloaded. To get ETKTNHK.DLL you need to have loaded
- the original EPM off the distribution disk and then update with EPM 5.51.
-
- Whoever is the owner of EPM 5.51 I suggest you make it fully downloadable,
- rather than having to load it over EPM 5.50. You would need to add a note
- about saving the ETKTHNK.DLL or redoing your default settings.
-
- J. M. Schaeffer ("John" AIMS Sandy, Utah)
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 13:05:35 on 92/09/21 GMT (by XXTCAN01 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: EPM availablity??
- Ref: Append at 15:47:44 on 92/09/18 GMT (by IRV at BCRVMPC1)
-
- Thank you IRV, I realize you quoted the internal forum's
- that is what I asked for. The easiest way for me to get things
- is to have my SE send them to me over the link. I don't have a
- modem at work to access the BBS's
-
- Thanks again.
- Bob Turner Transport Canada
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 15:46:06 on 92/09/24 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: EPM availablity
-
- An updated EPMBK has been put out, which includes a new section describing
- every configuration constant used by EPM. Look at "Configuration Constants"
- in the index, or "Changing the Default Configuration" /
- Summary of Configuration Constants" in the TOC.
-
- Also updated was LAMPDQ (with the fixes mentioned here previously) and
- EPMMAC (a number of minor fixes; main one was to prevent Save As for a
- locked file).
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 12:04:46 on 92/09/28 GMT (by WZ00533 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: LAMPDQ Error
-
- I'm having trouble running the LAMPDQ exec on VM. First after uploading,
- I got a syntax error on a line with a caret (shifted 6). Since I believe
- that means 'not' I changed to <>.
-
- Now when I execute LAMPDQ a get the following:
-
- 16 +++ parse value qdisk('?') with . . . . . . bigdisk .
- DMSREX478E Error 43 running LAMPDQ EXEC, line 16: Routine not found
-
- If I'm doing something dumb, please be gentle.
-
- Also I'm not sure I added the correct stuff to MYCNF.E. I simply edited
- MYCNF.SMP and removed what I didn't want and added:
-
- HOST_SUPPORT = 'EMUL'
- USING = 'CM'
-
- under const.
-
- I need to compile MYCNF.E than... right?
- Thanks for you help.
-
- Dave Ferrey - Bethlehem Steel Corp. - Bethlehem PA.
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 17:24:42 on 92/09/28 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: LAMPDQ Error
- Ref: Append at 12:04:46 on 92/09/28 GMT (by WZ00533 at OS2CUST)
-
- Try changing the 2 lines starting with:
- parse value qdisk(
- if bigdisk='' then
- to the following:
-
- /* parse value qdisk('?') with . . . . . . bigdisk . */
- q = queued()
- 'QUERY DISK MAX (LIFO'
- if rc = 0 then pull . 7 . bigdisk .
- else do; say 'You have no read/write disk space.'; exit 4; end
- do queued() - q; pull; end
-
- ---------------
- After modifying MYCNF.E, you recompile the .ex files dependant on that
- change. Generally, EPM.EX and EXTRA.EX. However, if it's the first
- time you're recompiling, you should probably rebuild all the .ex files,
- since your MYCNF.E is very different from the one used to build the shipped
- .ex files (EPMGCNF.SMP). E.g., DRAW won't work, since you don't have
- DBCS support included, but DRAW.EX was compiled to check for DBCS. See
- also the READ.ME file in the e_macros directory (EPMMAC.ZIP); the
- answers there might save you some frustration.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 11:28:09 on 92/09/29 GMT (by WZ00533 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: LAMPDQ Error
- Ref: Append at 17:24:42 on 92/09/28 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Thanks for the tips. I will try them today. This is one of those RTFM's.
-
- Dave Ferrey - Bethlehem Steel Corp. - Bethlehem PA.
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 14:30:03 on 92/09/29 GMT (by WZ00533 at OS2CUST)
- ..... E-EDITOR CFORUM modified at 16:17:50 on 92/09/29 GMT (by WZ00533 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: LAMPDQ Error
- Ref: Append at 11:28:09 on 92/09/29 GMT (by WZ00533 at OS2CUST)
-
- I am now able to edit my VM files. I set USING to CM and had to
- change my_hostcopy to ALMCOPY. Now, I am trying to get the commands
- from the VM Cmds pull down to work. When trying the VM or VMI or VMN
- commands I get a -274 which sez unknown command.
- Note: I also get an error which sez CP78COPY not found.
- The command as it gets entered from the Command Dialog is VMI q rdr
-
- Any ideas,
- Thanks
-
- Dave Ferrey - Bethlehem Steel Corp. - Bethlehem PA.
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 15:44:03 on 92/09/29 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: LAMPDQ Error
- Ref: Append at 14:30:03 on 92/09/29 GMT (by WZ00533 at OS2CUST)
-
- How are you including LAMPDQ? If it's a separate .ex file, you'll need
- to recompile it in order to pick up the changes in your MYCNF.E.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 15:44:59 on 92/09/29 GMT (by WZ00533 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: EPM 5.51 missing ETKTHNK
- Ref: Append at 01:47:27 on 92/09/21 GMT (by IL41468 at HONE84)
-
- I have re-compiled EPM.E and EXTRA.E 'cause I'm using a MYCNF.E. Now...
- I don't get a Preferences option off of the Option pull down. I have
- Settings instead. Also, I have the Proof options as well? Obviouslly
- I have done something. Can anyone point me in the right direction.
-
- Dave
-
- Dave Ferrey - Bethlehem Steel Corp. - Bethlehem PA.
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 17:47:30 on 92/09/29 GMT (by WZ00533 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: LAMPDQ Error
- Ref: Append at 15:44:03 on 92/09/29 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- All Right, now I'm really confused.
-
- Now I always get IND$FILE when editing a VM file!!
- This is my entire MYCNF.E
-
- const
- HOST_SUPPORT = 'EMUL'
- USING = 'CM'
- my_hostcopy = 'ALMCOPY'
- LINK_HOST_SUPPORT = 1
- EXTRA_EX = 1
-
- LAMPDQ.E has not been changed.
-
- I compile LAMPDQ
- Then compile EXTRA
- Then compile EPM
-
- Yet I still get IND$FILE! All of this may be related to why my VM,VMI,etc
- commands don't work.
- Any Ideas?
-
- Dave Ferrey - Bethlehem Steel Corp. - Bethlehem PA.
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 18:05:58 on 92/09/29 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Preferences pull-right gone
- Ref: Append at 15:44:59 on 92/09/29 GMT (by WZ00533 at OS2CUST)
-
- If you don't make any of the options that appear on the Preferences menu
- switchable, then the Settings choice is moved to the Options pulldown
- instead of being the only thing on the pull-right. If there's anything
- under Preferences that you turn on and off, then configure that back in
- (look at the configuration options in the updated EPMUSERS.INF, or at
- EPMGCNF.SMP). Anything that you don't toggle dynamically can be left
- configured the way you like it; the ability to change it at runtime is
- just unnecessary overhead.
-
- Proof options - if you don't have LEXAM.DLL (from OS/2 TCP/IP?), then
- you might as well set SPELL_SUPPORT = 0 in your MYCNF.E.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 18:36:40 on 92/09/29 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: LAMPDQ Error
- Ref: Append at 17:47:30 on 92/09/29 GMT (by WZ00533 at OS2CUST)
-
- Also recompile E3EMUL - since you have LINK_HOST_SUPPORT = 1, the host
- support is linked separately instead of being included in the base .ex
- file.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 19:49:17 on 92/09/29 GMT (by WZ00533 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: LAMPDQ Error
- Ref: Append at 18:36:40 on 92/09/29 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Thanks for you help, I think we're almost there.
-
- My only problem is the following message:
-
- Error 8 attempting to issue host command
-
- When trying a VM command or the HLIST command.
-
- Thanks again.
-
- Dave Ferrey - Bethlehem Steel Corp. - Bethlehem PA.
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 18:20:49 on 92/09/30 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: LAMPDQ Error
- Ref: Append at 19:49:17 on 92/09/29 GMT (by WZ00533 at OS2CUST)
-
- I assume you've recompiled LAMPDQ and E3EMUL.
-
- Is there any host activity? Do you have LAMPDQ running on the host? If
- you try issuing a host command when LAMPDQ EXEC was not started, do you
- get a popup asking if it should be started? (That would tell if the
- EHLLAPI calls are working.) Does normal host file editing work OK?
- Are you logged on to host session A? (If not, did you set MY_LT = 'B'
- (or whatever) in your MYCNF.E?) If you select Options / Messages, do
- you see any other error messages that might be helpful?
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 14:53:29 on 92/10/01 GMT (by IL84157 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: TABS
-
- I am
- I am having a problem with using TABS in the EPM editor. When I use
- "TABKEY ON" to indicate that I want to use the TAB character, every TAB in my
- text is indicated by a small circle (the character at position 9 in the
- character set). Is there any way to disable the appearance of this circle
- and still continue to have TAB characters in my file instead of spaces?
-
- Thanks...
- Peter Steinberg
- SLM Instruments, Inc.
-
- Peter Steinberg
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 15:17:24 on 92/10/01 GMT (by XXMUTL27 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: EBOOKIE Installation
- Ref: Append at 18:36:40 on 92/09/29 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- I was quite excited when I saw EBOOKIE. We do A LOT of DCF GML and we
- are constantly searching for tag-aware editors (LPEX is not available
- in Canada). However, I can't seem to install EBOOKIE. I look through
- the installation instructions, and some of the files specified there
- are not part of the package I received (I downloaded it from the
- IBM Canada BBS in Toronto). Instead of listing the differences, here
- is a list of the files that I do have.
-
- APAFOIL.DEF APAFONT.SKL APAFSET.S APAGDOC.SKL BKEYS.E
- BKEYS.EX BKMTAGS.437 BKMTAGS.850 BKMTAGS.DEF BKMTAGS.HLP
- BKMTAGS.INF EBOOKIE.INF FOILS5.DEF FOILSDOC.SKL GMLTAGS.DEF
- IPFTAGS.DEF MYBOOKIE.XMP MYSTUFF.E PROFILE.ERX READ.ME
- USERDOC.SKL ZDOCPROF.SKL ZSTYLE.SKL
-
- How do I install using the files that I have? As always, any help is
- greatly appreciated.
-
- Erik Vander Ahe
- The Mutual Group
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 15:34:41 on 92/10/01 GMT (by WZ00533 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: LAMPDQ Error
- Ref: Append at 18:20:49 on 92/09/30 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Yes there is host activity. If I issue VMI q rdr the following get sent to
- LAMPDQ:
-
- LAMPDQ HOSTCMD q rdr
-
- Then the host screen blanks for a split second and returns with the LAM
- logo.
- Yes I can edit host files, yes I am logged on to A.
- The only message I get in Options / Messages is:
- Error 8 attempting to issue host command
-
- Dave Ferrey - Bethlehem Steel Corp. - Bethlehem PA.
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:37:25 on 92/10/01 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: TABS
- Ref: Append at 14:53:29 on 92/10/01 GMT (by IL84157 at OS2CUST)
-
- No, the tab character is an ASCII 9, and that displays as a circle.
- I'll add it to our wishlist...
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 16:46:35 on 92/10/01 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: EBOOKIE Installation
- Ref: Append at 15:17:24 on 92/10/01 GMT (by XXMUTL27 at TORVMCOP)
-
- The default EPM 5.51 configuration is to be EBOOKIE-enabled, and you
- already did an ETPM BKEYS to create BKEYS.EX, so all you need do is
- enter the command 'LINK BKEYS' or 'BOOKIE ON'.
-
- If you prefer to have it always linked, add to your MYCNF.E:
- WANT_EBOOKIE = 'LINK'
- If you got the updated user's guide, you can enter the command:
- view epmusers want_ebookie
- to see what this means; if not, look at the comments in STDCNF.E (in the
- E_MACROS directory).
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 17:28:17 on 92/10/01 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: LAMPDQ Error
- Ref: Append at 15:34:41 on 92/10/01 GMT (by WZ00533 at OS2CUST)
-
- You didn't answer:
- > Do you have LAMPDQ running on the host? If you try issuing a host
- > command when LAMPDQ EXEC was not started, do you get a popup asking if
- > it should be started? (That would tell if the EHLLAPI calls are
- > working.)
-
- (If it works when LAMPDQ is already running on the host, but not when it
- gets started by the macro, then perhaps you have a slow host connection.
- In that case, you could add a delay (DosSleep) in the send_HLLAPI_string
- command.)
-
- Also, you could try starting LAMPDQ on the host, entering the command
- LAMPDQ HOSTCMD Q RDR
- in the LAMPDQ screen, and then quitting. You should then have a
- HOSTCMD CMSUT1 X3
- file (where disk X is the R/W disk with the most free space). The first
- line will be the return code from the command, and the balance will be
- the command's ouptut.
-
- Another possibility - perhaps you have a lot of reader files, and the
- command is taking too long to execute. The IssueHostCommand routine
- does a 2 second wait after sending the command before trying to load the
- output. You could try something simple, like VMI Q T.
-
- The only other thing I could think of is that the RC 8 is coming from
- the ALMCOPY command. You could try doing an ECHO ON before the VMI to
- see what command is being executed. You could also check for an
- ALMCOPY$.ERR file. (Almcopy error 8 is "No host identifier was entered."
- which would only make sense if you had set a MY_HOSTDRIVE in your MYCNF.E.)
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 17:55:58 on 92/10/01 GMT (by WZ00533 at OS2CUST)
- ..... E-EDITOR CFORUM modified at 17:59:35 on 92/10/01 GMT (by WZ00533 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: LAMPDQ Error
- Ref: Append at 17:28:17 on 92/10/01 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Yes I had LAMPDQ running when the command was issued.
-
- | Also, you could try starting LAMPDQ on the host, entering the command
- | LAMPDQ HOSTCMD Q RDR
- | in the LAMPDQ screen, and then quitting. You should then have a
- | HOSTCMD CMSUT1 X3
- | file (where disk X is the R/W disk with the most free space). The first..
-
- I did the above and had the HOSTCMD CMSUT1 file with the output from the Q RDR.
- I then issued the VMI Q RDR from EPM and checked the host and the file was
- there again (it had been erased). So the command is getting there and,
- I guess it is being processed. So...
-
- I also did a VMI Q DISK and HOSTCMD CMSUT1 had the output.
- Finally I did a HLIST, the HOSTCMD CMSUT1 had the output, but no files
- appear in EPM (I get the message to enter ALT-1 to load file)
- It seems everything works expect bringing the results back to EPM.
- Now what?
- (thanks for you patience)
-
- Dave Ferrey - Bethlehem Steel Corp. - Bethlehem PA.
-
- ps. No ALMCOPY$.ERR
- VMI Q T produced the same error
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 19:14:49 on 92/10/01 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: LAMPDQ Error
- Ref: Append at 17:55:58 on 92/10/01 GMT (by WZ00533 at OS2CUST)
-
- > You could try doing an ECHO ON before the VMI to
- > see what command is being executed.
-
- Try entering on the EPM command line:
- e 'echo on' 'vmi q t' 'echo off'
- and see what the ALMCOPY command looks like.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 19:43:36 on 92/10/01 GMT (by XXMUTL27 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: EBOOKIE Installation
- Ref: Append at 16:46:35 on 92/10/01 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Thanks for the reply Larry, that seemed to work. However, whenever I
- press the enter key I now get an error message:
-
- Call: unknown proc "MY_ENTER"
-
- I looked through BKEYS.E and found the calls. Also, MYSTUFF.E makes a
- vague reference to MY_ENTER_KEY in one of the comments. Note that I
- did not compile BKEYS.EX. I'm using it as it was shipped in EBOOKIE.
-
- Erik Vander Ahe
- The Mutual Group
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 00:11:09 on 92/10/02 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: EBOOKIE Installation
- Ref: Append at 19:43:36 on 92/10/01 GMT (by XXMUTL27 at TORVMCOP)
-
- I did *not* include any .ex file in EBOOKE.ZIP.
-
- The problem is because BKEYS.E and EPM.E were compiled with different
- MYCNF.E files. If you didn't recompile the macros, then you're still
- using the configuration shown in EPMGCNF.SMP, which contains
- ENHANCED_ENTER_KEYS = 1. Since you don't have this in your MYCNF.E,
- BKEYS assumed a value of 0, and is calling a routine that doesn't exist.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 11:57:25 on 92/10/02 GMT (by WZ00533 at LINK21)
- Subject: LAMPDQ Error
- Ref: Append at 19:14:49 on 92/10/01 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- | Try entering on the EPM command line:
- | e 'echo on' 'vmi q t' 'echo off'
- | and see what the ALMCOPY command looks like.
-
- Below is the output as shown in the message window:
-
- ALMCOPY V:HOSTCMD CMSUT1 * HOSTCMD.TMP /q /ascii
-
- Note: The HOSTCMD CMSUT1 file magically disappears
- seconds after a notice it's there.
-
- Dave Ferrey - Bethlehem Steel Corp. Bethlehem PA.
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 17:34:29 on 92/10/02 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: LAMPDQ Error
- Ref: Append at 11:57:25 on 92/10/02 GMT (by WZ00533 at LINK21)
-
- > ALMCOPY V:HOSTCMD CMSUT1 * HOSTCMD.TMP /q /ascii
-
- Aha! Then what I said previously is the answer:
- >> (Almcopy error 8 is "No host identifier was entered."
- >> which would only make sense if you had set a MY_HOSTDRIVE in your MYCNF.E.)
-
- You didn't show this in the MYCNF.E that you appended, but you must have
- compiled E3EMUL with MY_HOSTDRIVE = 'V' in your MYCNF.E.
-
- Add to the top of LAMPDQ.E, just before the line:
- compile if not defined(AUTO_LAMSERV)
- the following:
- compile if not defined(HOSTCOPYDRIVE)
- HOSTCOPYDRIVE= 'H'
- compile endif
-
- Then, everywhere in LAMPDQ.E that it says:
- hostcopy hostdrive || ...
- change the 'hostdrive' to 'HOSTCOPYDRIVE'. (There are 3 occurrances.)
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 19:28:43 on 92/10/02 GMT (by WZ00533 at LINK21)
- Subject: LAMPDQ Error
- Ref: Append at 17:34:29 on 92/10/02 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Larry,
- Thanks..... I can now 'do it all'
-
- Dave Ferrey - Bethlehem Steel Corp. Bethlehem PA.
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 22:47:34 on 92/10/03 GMT (by TCSC086 at HONE82)
- Subject: Save All Command
- Ref: Append at 19:28:43 on 92/10/02 GMT (by WZ00533 at LINK21)
-
- Is there a SAVEALL equivalent in EPM?? I want the editor to save ALL the files
- in the Ring List.
-
- The help file claims that when viewing the List Ring a period exists before any
- files that have been changed but not saved. I don't see it. Working?
-
- Dan Lundy Time Customer Service Tampa Fl
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 07:32:32 on 92/10/04 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Save All Command
- Ref: Append at 22:47:34 on 92/10/03 GMT (by TCSC086 at HONE82)
-
- The period was added when the Ring list was built in the macros; it's now
- handled internally.
-
- For a save all command, try the following .e file:
-
- tryinclude 'MYCNF.E' -- Include user's configuration
- compile if not defined(NLS_LANGUAGE) -- If no language set,
- const
- NLS_LANGUAGE = 'ENGLISH' -- assume English.
- compile endif
- include NLS_LANGUAGE'.e' -- Need this to get UNNAMED_FILE_NAME
-
- defc saveall =
- getfileid startid
- do i = 1 to FilesInRing(2) -- Prevent looping forever.
- if .modify then
- if .filename = UNNAMED_FILE_NAME then
- refresh -- Show file, because Save As dialog will be presented.
- endif
- 'save'
- endif
- nextfile
- getfileid fid
- if fid=startid then leave; endif
- enddo
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 12:35:39 on 92/10/05 GMT (by TCSC086 at HONE81)
- Subject: Save All Command
- Ref: Append at 19:28:43 on 92/10/02 GMT (by WZ00533 at LINK21)
-
- Is there a SAVEALL equivalent in EPM?? I want the editor to save ALL the files
- in the Ring List.
-
- The help file claims that when viewing the List Ring a period exists before any
- files that have been changed but not saved. I don't see it. Working?
-
- Dan Lundy Time Customer Service Tampa Fl
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 13:24:52 on 92/10/06 GMT (by TCSC086 at HONE83)
- Subject: Save All Command
- Ref: Append at 07:32:32 on 92/10/04 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Apologies for the resent message....
-
- This is my third attempt to thank you for the macro. Works Beautifully! It is
- now filed with all the other great macros that bear your name.
-
- Thank You!
-
- Dan Lundy Time Customer Service Tampa Fl
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 19:15:17 on 92/10/06 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: EPM Change CRLF
- How can I search (and replace) for a string at the 'end of the line'
- or at the beginning?
-
- Example: Search for ' of 20<CR><CR>' and replace with ' of 20 new'
-
- Where <CR> is the end of the line.
-
- Geza Szivos
- NOVACOR Chemicals Voice (403)-290-6583 Fax (403)-290-5900
- NHO-32 801-7th Ave Calgary, Alberta, CANADA T2P 2N6
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 20:33:06 on 92/10/06 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: EPM Change CRLF
- Ref: Append at 19:15:17 on 92/10/06 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP)
-
- Use ^ and $ with the GREP option. Select Help / Help index, find the
- Locate command, and it has a footnote for Grep. (Or, select Help from
- the Search dialog.)
-
- c /of 20$/of 20 new/*g
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 20:43:39 on 92/10/07 GMT (by DAVISN at HOUVMSCC)
- Subject: EPM Change CRLF
- Ref: Append at 20:33:06 on 92/10/06 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Note that the result of the referenced changed command would be
- Search for ' of 20<CR><CR>' and replace with ' of 20 new<CR><CR>'
-
- Where <CR> is the end of the line. (i.e. the end of lines are not
- modified).
-
- Nathan Davis - IBM FSC Houston
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 21:19:09 on 92/10/07 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: EPM Change CRLF
- Ref: Append at 20:43:39 on 92/10/07 GMT (by DAVISN at HOUVMSCC)
-
- What I want actually is to remove the <CR> .
-
- Geza Szivos
- NOVACOR Chemicals (403)-290-6583 Fax (403)-290-5900
- NHO-32 801-7th Ave Calgary, Alberta, CANADA T2P 2N6
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 21:46:44 on 92/10/07 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: EPM Change CRLF
- Ref: Append at 20:43:39 on 92/10/07 GMT (by DAVISN at HOUVMSCC)
-
- Nope; there are no carriage returns or line feeds once the file is
- loaded, just lines of text. The $ means to find the string followed
- by the end of the line, *not* followed by a CR. EPM is a line editor,
- not a stream editor. (The difference is outlined in the online help.)
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 21:59:46 on 92/10/07 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: EPM Change CRLF
- Ref: Append at 21:46:44 on 92/10/07 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- So this means, I can not remove the end-of lines just bu searching
- them.
-
- Geza Szivos
- NOVACOR Chemicals (403)-290-6583 Fax (403)-290-5900
- NHO-32 801-7th Ave Calgary, Alberta, CANADA T2P 2N6
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 22:00:11 on 92/10/07 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: EPM Change CRLF
- Ref: Append at 21:19:09 on 92/10/07 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP)
-
- Assuming that you want to change any occurrance of that string at the
- end of a line by adding 'new' at the end, and in addition want to delete
- the following line if it's blank, the following code will do it. If you
- *only* want to change the string if the following line is blank, you'd
- have to split the Change into a Locate, then a check to see if the next
- line was blank, and then do the Change only if it is.
-
- defc try =
- top
- i = 0
- do forever
- .col = 1
- 'c / of 20$/ of 20 new/g'
- if rc | .line = .last then leave; endif
- '+1'
- if textline(.line)='' then
- delete
- endif
- i = i + 1
- enddo
- sayerror 'Changed' i 'occurrence(s).'
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 22:27:58 on 92/10/07 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: EPM Change CRLF
- Ref: Append at 22:00:11 on 92/10/07 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Thanks, Larry. Is this a REXX program? where can I enter your example?
- Basically what I'd like to do is if the ' of 20' is followed by two
- EMPTY lines , then remove the extra two lines.
- If your examples are .e files, then how can I compile, execute them?
- I downloaded the epm.551 all files.
-
- Geza Szivos
- NOVACOR Chemicals (403)-290-6583 Fax (403)-290-5900
- NHO-32 801-7th Ave Calgary, Alberta, CANADA T2P 2N6
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 04:22:11 on 92/10/08 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: EPM Change CRLF
- Ref: Append at 22:27:58 on 92/10/07 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP)
-
- It's E code. Since you have the macro compiler, you can copy it to a
- TEST.E, enter the command ETPM TEST, then LINK TEST. Then typing TRY
- on the command line will execute the command. If you recompiled the
- macros, without having WANT_ET_COMMAND = 0 in your MYCNF.E (which
- EPMGCNF.SMP, the configuration file used to build the distributed .ex
- files includes), then it's even easier. Edit a TEST.E file, paste in
- the code, and enter RELINK on the command line. Then try TRY.
- (You might want to rename it to something more significant; it seems as
- though 90% of the macro code I write is a TRY command in a TEST.E. :-)
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 04:42:29 on 92/10/08 GMT (by XXNOVA24 at TORVMCOP)
- Subject: EPM Change CRLF
- Ref: Append at 04:22:11 on 92/10/08 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Thanks, I will TRY it.
- I've got a new 1G drive to our domain a week earlier, so now I have
- to reinstall everything to this drive, and swap drives after testing.
- So I'll test this in about a week.
-
- Geza Szivos
- NOVACOR Chemicals (403)-290-6583 Fax (403)-290-5900
- NHO-32 801-7th Ave Calgary, Alberta, CANADA T2P 2N6
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 20:10:53 on 92/10/09 GMT (by X013813 at HONE85)
- Subject: EPM Change CRLF
- Ref: Append at 04:22:11 on 92/10/08 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 22:23:14 on 92/10/12 GMT (by MAY0026 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: Delete from filelist?
-
- A simple problem - each time I use F8 to add a file it goes on my filelist
- forever. How do I delete files from the filelist?
-
- Bill Whiting - Mayo Clinic
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 02:43:56 on 92/10/13 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Delete from filelist?
- Ref: Append at 22:23:14 on 92/10/12 GMT (by MAY0026 at OS2CUST)
-
- It doesn't go in forever; we save the most recent 30-odd lines entered.
- It will eventually fall off the end. There's no supported way of deleting
- it; you'd have to use a .INI file editor and delete the EPM / RETRIEVEDAT
- entry in EPM.INI.
-
- We do plan on enhancing the file dialog to have the same ability to
- delete an entry that the command line dialog does (using Ctrl+Backspace,
- as shown in the online help). Until then, if there's something that you
- for some reason don't want to be saved, you could enter the Edit, Open, or
- Get command in the command line dialog and then delete the entry from there,
- instead of using the Add File, Open, or Import Text File selections.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 13:30:21 on 92/10/16 GMT (by CROOK at HOUVMSCC)
- Subject: XEDITG
-
- I recently got the EPMBBS package and installed it so that I could
- add some macros for Ada language syntax assist. The first problem
- that I ran into was the "EX too large" problem when I compiled EPM.E.
- So I backed up and used the EPMCNFG.SMP as mycnf.e to prove that I
- could recompile to the GA version of EPM. The comile worked, although
- the resulting EPM.EX file was not the same as the shipped version.
- However, I did not worry about that.
-
- Then I began adding some of the configuration constants from EPMCNFG.E
- into my own mycnf.e to constrain what got compiled so that I didn't
- exceed the 64 KB limit. I eventually got a set that would compile
- that reasonably represented the features that I wanted including my
- Ada syntax assist macros. In the process I also enabled host support.
- Now, in some of the versions which I compiled, I observed xeditg on
- the action bar. I thought that was good, because I occasional would
- have a use for that feature. However, when I got to my final version
- of mycnf.e, xeditg had disappeared from the action bar.
-
- Question: What did I do to get the xeditg capability? I would like
- to have it back but I don't know how to get it.
-
- Jerry Crook
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 15:11:44 on 92/10/16 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: XEDITG
- Ref: Append at 13:30:21 on 92/10/16 GMT (by CROOK at HOUVMSCC)
-
- You should be able to get it back without compiling by entering
- the command 'LINK E3XEDITG'. If you want it always present, you could
- add to your MYSTUFF.E:
- definit
- link 'e3xeditg'
- (or add the LINK to an existing DEFINIT if you already have one). You
- could add the following instead:
- definit
- 'linkverify e3xeditg'
- if you want a pop-up warning if E3XEDITG.EX could not be linked.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 20:28:35 on 92/10/16 GMT (by HCTY035 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: Text display error
-
- Proportional fonts I've tested (System Proportional, Helv Bitmap, Helvetica,
- perhaps others) produce a display error when a line of text is preceded by
- several tabs (ASCII code 9 tab). One such error is: the text is invisible.
-
- You can search to the text, and the search facility draws a pretty little
- circle around dead air. You can try to highlight the text, and it flashes
- on and off like a rapidly flickering lightbulb.
-
- Does this occur when a certain character or margin limit is exceeded? In my
- observation it can occur on as short as a 39-character line where let's say
- 10 or 12 of those characters are tabs, and where margins are 1 and 254so
- there should be plenty of room. Another observed error is, instead of
- invisible text, text that wrapped back to left margin and overstruck existing
- text or tabs. Invisible text phenomenon occurred where text was longer.
-
- Kinda' limits usefulness of the editor for writing nested code with tabs,
- doesn't it. Please let me know of any bug fix. Thanks.
-
- Jerry Stenberg
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 21:16:15 on 92/10/16 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Text display error
- Ref: Append at 20:28:35 on 92/10/16 GMT (by HCTY035 at OS2CUST)
-
- I've never seen anything like what you describe. EPM 5.50 or 5.51?
- What are your tabs set to? What display adapter? Are you running
- the shipped OS/2 2.0 or one of the beta versions? Any non-standard
- display driver? Is it dependant on the text?
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 18:23:43 on 92/10/17 GMT (by TCSC086 at HONE85)
- Subject: Copy/Paste Problem
- Ref: Append at 21:16:15 on 92/10/16 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- I do not use Advanced Marking. I do use Ring Enabled.
-
- I encounter a problem/bug when I copy a section from one doc (DOC1) and attempt
- to paste/insert it into another doc (DOC2) in the ring. EPM will jump back to
- the document (DOC1) that contained the original text. This will occur if I use
- the Edit/Paste menu or CUA Shift-Insert. The SECOND time I attempt the insert
- into DOC2 it succeeds.
-
- Editer Version 5.55
- Macro Version 5.55
-
- The only macro I have added is one I received here to perform the equivalent of
- a SAVEALL (which works beautifully I might add).
-
- Is this from bugland or perhaps something I can fix locally?
-
- Dan Lundy Time Customer Service Tampa Fl
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 22:26:24 on 92/10/17 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Copy/Paste Problem
- Ref: Append at 18:23:43 on 92/10/17 GMT (by TCSC086 at HONE85)
-
- A workaround would be to select Paste Lines instead of Paste, use
- Advanced marking, or do an Alt+U (Unmark) before pasting. The fix is to
- edit CLIPBRD.E, find ProcessClipboardPaste, and change the lines:
- call pbegin_mark()
- call pdelete_mark()
- 'ClearSharBuff' /* Remove Content in EPM shared text buffer */
- to:
- getmark x, x, x, x, mark_fid
- getfileid cur_fid
- if mark_fid=cur_fid then
- call pbegin_mark()
- call pdelete_mark()
- else
- unmark
- sayerror MARKED_OTHER__MSG
- endif
- 'ClearSharBuff' /* Remove content in EPM shared text buffer */
-
- Then recompile EXTRA.
-
- Larry Margolis - MARGOLI at YKTVMV
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 19:53:14 on 92/10/19 GMT (by HCTY035 at OS2CUST)
- Subject: Text display error
- Ref: Append at 21:16:15 on 92/10/16 GMT (by MARGOLI at YKTVMV)
-
- Using EPM Editor version 5.50. My tab is 14. Using proportional fonts.
- Am running shipped OS/2 Base Operating System 2.00: Component ID 562107701,
- Type 0, Current CSD level: XR02000, Prior CSD level: XR00000
- IBM OS/2 16-bit Graphics Engine Version 2.00, Component ID 562107701,
- Type 0, Current CSD level: XR02000, Prior CSD level: XR00000
- Platform is IBM PS/2 55sx 8555081, display is IBM PS/2 VGA display 8513001.
-
- Sample invisible text: precede the following text (from "@10,39" through
- "&& 27") with nine tabs (ASCII 9). Separate the closing quote and the first
- ampersand with a tab (ASCII 9), and follow the line with a standard carriage
- return.
-
- @10,39 say ' Company' get mField 1 PICTURE '!XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX' && 27
-
- Not your typical prose, I'll admit, but it is an actual dBase code segment,
- nested to nine places. I have recreated the above segment from scratch with
- the same results. I have also inspected my ASCII file with a hex editor but
- find no unusual entries. My colleague running same OS/2 level on 56 SLC 386
- observes the same phenomenon. I have not tried other platforms.
-
- Jerry Stenberg
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 20:29:17 on 92/10/20 GMT (by JASON at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Text display error
- Ref: Append at 19:53:14 on 92/10/19 GMT (by HCTY035 at OS2CUST)
-
- Thanks for the description. As you may have discovered, the problem
- only occurs when the tab is 256 "units" past the left edge of the
- document, where "units" is the width of the space character in that
- file's default font.
-
- As a work around, you can just make your lines shorter. (One obvious
- way to do this is to use shorter tab stops.) Another way around this
- is to make your space character (relatively) larger...by picking a
- fixed pitch font or a font.
-
- The fix will be in the next release we make. Once again, thanks for
- the info.
-
- Jason Crawford
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 21:51:45 on 92/10/26 GMT (by JASON at YKTVMV)
- Subject: MARGIN PROBLEM
- Ref: Append at 01:21:50 on 92/10/26 GMT (by TCC3824 at OS2CUST)
-
- I don't understand your description. I'm pretty sure I've never
- seen this, but you'll have to clarify what you observe before I can
- be sure. Rather than describe what you observe, please provide an
- example with illustrations indicating what is actually in the file and
- what you actually see on the EPM screen. For the sake of this
- example, try MA 1 20 or MA 5 20 rather than MA 1 80. This
- will make it easier to fit your example in your append.
-
- As for saving margins. You'll have to wait for LAM to return from
- vacation to get a definitive answer, but I suggest trying two things.
- When you are in EPM's Options->Preferences->Settings... dialog on
- the margin page, try using the Set button rather than the Apply button.
- Also try using the Options->Save Options menu item. Before you do any
- of this though, please append an example that illustrates the bug you
- described. I wouldn't want to to mask the problem before you can
- adequately describe it to me.
-
- Jason Crawford
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 22:34:49 on 92/10/29 GMT (by MAAV7IB at HONE84)
- Subject: Steps to configure EPM
-
- I've loaded the EPMBBS package available on the BBS. Now I'm at the point of
- getting it to work. I'd rather not touch the existing OS/2 2.0 GA EPM. I'd
- like to "install" this new EPM and keep it isolated.
-
- My LIBPATH statement has a '.' so hopefully I won't need to change it. I'd
- rather not make changes to LIBPATH, PATH, DPATH, HELP, BOOKSHELF, etc. if I
- can help it.
-
- Is it possible to install the product without changing CONFIG.SYS? If I do
- change CONFIG.SYS, what does that do to the earlier EPM?
-
- I've created a directory named EPM551 (for lack of a better name) which has a
- subdirectory, MACROS, to hold the macros. There are subdirectories under
- MACROS to hold the macros from the different ZIP files. I'd like to either
- keep the macros (unchanged) in their subdirectories (or copy them to MACROS if
- necessary). Changed macros would be saved into MACROS. That way, I keep
- the originals by themselves, unchanged, and segregated.
-
- The intimidating part about the macros, to me, is the manual steps to
- "compile" them with the profiles (or whatever). Is there a previous append,
- or some instructions, that would show the steps to set up the macros? I'd
- like to use the EBOOKIE, REXX, and HOST macros at a minimum. There are
- several sample configurations provided but I'm at a loss on what to do next.
- They are supposed to be tailored by me and I'd rather not spend the weekend
- reading all there is to know about EPM (though I'm sure it would be good
- reading) to do it.
-
- Thanks in advance. I'm looking forward to using EPM as both my workstation
- and host editor.
-
- Kevin Miller, The Capital Group, Inc. (USCAPFAB at IBMMAIL)
-
- ----- E-EDITOR CFORUM appended at 04:25:27 on 92/10/30 GMT (by JASON at YKTVMV)
- Subject: Steps to configure EPM
- Ref: Append at 22:34:49 on 92/10/29 GMT (by MAAV7IB at HONE84)
-
- The person best able to answer your questions is on vacation this
- week, so I'll take a shot at answering your questions.
-
- The DLL's that came with OS/2 have different names than the ones
- that are used by EPM 5.51, so LIBPATH shouldn't be a problem as long
- as the ETKx551.DLL files are in your LIBPATH.
-
- To keep the versions from comflicting you may want a CMD file to
- set things up for you. The EPM551.CMD might look like the following...
-
- SET EPMPATH=D:\EPM551\MACROS
- D:\EPM551\EPM.EXE
-
- I don't use EBOOKIE, and I wasn't aware that it had been released
- externally, so I'm totally unqualified to answer your question on
- EBOOKIE. You'll have to wait for LAM to return from vacation.
-
- I believe REXX and HOST support is built in to the macros that come
- with EPMBBS. Invoke the EPM command: E H:PROFILE EXEC A. If that
- doesn't work, try E HA:PROFILE EXEC A. This assumes you have CommMgr
- running.
-
- As I said, I think REXX support is also built in. Just try:
- RX FOGGY
- from the EPM command prompt. It should execute your FOGGY.ERX file.
-
- As I said, LAM will probably be able to give you more complete and
- definitive answers next week, but feel free to ask additional questions.
-
- Jason Crawford
-