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- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!qdeck!garyrich
- From: garyrich@qdeck.com (Gary Rich)
- Subject: Re: DVX, Motif and file handles
- Organization: Quarterdeck Office Systems, Santa Monica CA
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 20:07:29 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.200729.22912@qdeck.com>
- References: <724747069snz@rundart.demon.co.uk> <724820171snz@rundart.demon.co.uk>
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- In article <724820171snz@rundart.demon.co.uk> gt@rundart.demon.co.uk writes:
- >Further to this, if I remove the print manager from the startup but set
- >"vmm" to "y" in dos4gx.cfg, DVX leaves two files open on exit:
- >"dos4gm.swp" and "dvxs0".
-
- Ok, since you finally put them together in one post, I can deal with them
- in a half organized way.
-
- >
- >In summary, I now have one whinge and three bug reports. The software
- >versions are DVX 1.02 and Motif 1.00.
- >
- >Whinge:
- >
- >No cut and paste when using Motif.
-
- An inherent feature of MWM, very unlikely to change at any time in the
- future since it would violate license agreements with OSF.
-
- >
- >Bugs:
- >
- >1) When "vmm" is set to "y" in dos4gx.cfg, the DESQview print spooler
- >(printman.exe) will not iconify itself at startup.
-
- We will have to look at this in house. It's certainly never been reported
- before.
-
-
- >
- >2) When "vmm" is set to "n" in dos4gx.cfg, installing the DESQview print
- >spooler causes "dvxs0" to be left open on exit.
-
- hmmm... This file is created by the Rational DOS4GX extender. I know
- a few people from Rational read this group. I have a few ideas, but
- they know more about it than I do.
-
- >
- >3) When "vmm" is set to "y" in dos4gx.cfg and the DESQview print spooler
- >is not installed, DVX leaves "dos4gvm.swp" and "dvxs0" open on exit.
-
- sounds a lot like #2
-
- >
- >None of the bug issues are addressed in the manuals supplied with the
- >software I bought.
-
- ?? Why would anyone document bugs? Normally the thing to do is fix them
- not document them. Some large software companies (especially those in the
- Pacific Northwest) may disagree with this philosophy, but it works for us.
-
- >Nor are they mentioned in this newsgroup's FAQ file.
- >The whinge is addressed in the Quartdeck Motif manual by saying (in
- >effect) "you can't do it, chum".
-
- The DOCs are indeed correct in this. I always like to see that.
-
- >
- >Believe it or not, I actually like this software. Beats the socks off
- >another MS-DOS windowing program whose name I have temporarily
- >forgotten. However, the problems raised earlier have somewhat muted my
- >enthusiasm.
- >
-
-
- We will certainly look into #2-3 on this. I don't run PRINTMAN much
- myself. Not many of us at Qdeck need a print spooler all that much, and
- those who do are usually long time users of printq or some other spooler.
-
-
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