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- From: saal@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (samuel.saal)
- Subject: Re: Q: multi-threading in Frame?
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 19:13:29 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.191329.1161@cbnewsl.cb.att.com>
- References: <1go0m9INNl70@travis.csd.harris.com>
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- I tried sending this via private mail but it bounced. Sorry if it is not
- generally of interest.
-
- In article <1go0m9INNl70@travis.csd.harris.com> kbeal@amber (Ken Beal) writes:
-
- >I've been using Frame for only a few hours, total, and have noticed a glaring
- >deficiency: I am running on a multi-processor Unix box, and Frame has to
- >pause while printing until the printing is done!
-
- On my SPARCstations the hourglass stays up for less time than it takes to
- actually print the doc - to a file or to the printer. There may be
- something you can set. Out of the box mine was OK. Yes, it does take a
- minute or two for the hourglass to go away, but that the hourglass is only
- there while things are being set up.
-
- Most of the other stuff will be better when you played for a few more
- hours. For example:
-
- >Another thing that upsets me is its handling of the user's dictionary. It is
- >quite limited, as compared to, say, Word Perfect's. Some words it would not
- >allow me to enter in (i.e. some things like "..." where it flags it not
- >as a misspelling, but as a repeated character), and it would not let me put
- >in some places where there are extra spaces.
-
- For multiple spaces, check the "Document" pop up window under the Format
- pull down menu. For dictionary options, click on Options on the spelling
- Checker. There's lots of stuff to set under in the options and I suspect
- some combination will solve your problem.
- --
- Sam Saal kingfish!saal OR saal@kingfish.att.com
- Vayiftach HaShem et Peah Ha`Aton
-