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- Edith Manual GEM Options 11th September 1994
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- The GEM OPTIONS dialog allows you to customize the
- behaviour of Edith specific to the GEM interface.
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- In standard ATARI applications, the ACTIVE WINDOW is
- always the top window, i.e. when you type text on the
- keyboard, it appears in the top window. When the MOUSE
- switch is selected instead, text will be inserted in
- the window right below the mouse pointer; also, when
- MultiTOS or WINX is used mouse clicks on objects in a
- background window will not top the window.
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- ** When WINX or MultiTOS is used, applications which
- understand the AV_KEY message may even respond to
- key input in background windows when an Edith
- window is on top. However, this may also cause
- uncautious programs to crash.
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- Normally, when the closer box of a window is clicked,
- the window will be closed. When ICONIFY is selected in
- the window options dialog, clicking the closer box
- will cause a window to be iconified instead.
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- Edith's ALERT boxes are normally presented in a window,
- so that other applications or accessories can still be
- used when an Edith alert is on the screen. The QUICK
- switch brings back the old type of alert boxes.
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- ** Quick alert boxes do not react to keyboard
- shortcuts except RETURN.
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- Edith's FILE SELECTOR normally makes use of a window.
- When the STANDARD switch is selected, the standard TOS
- item selector is used instead. This option is NOT
- available when MultiTOS or the desk accessory version
- are being used.
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- Windows can be SNAPPED for extra display performance
- (text windows) and to avoid distorted dot patterns when
- moving windows which contain a SCROLL BAR. The latter
- is a problem of ATARI GEM which can also be solved by
- using WINX by Martin Osieka.
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- Select USE GEM CLIPBOARD if you wish to use the GEM
- clipboard instead of an internal cut/paste buffer.
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- ** The clipboard sense interval known from older
- Edith versions is obsolete (periodical sensing is
- no more applied). To force a read of the
- clipboard, top any Edith window, or use the key
- combination Control + V instead of the menu
- entry.
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- Edith Manual GEM Options 11th September 1994
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