Number: 697

Date: 13-Apr-84 14':13':15

Submitter: Sannella.PA

Source: JonL.pa

Subject: Buttoning Dedit main window should bring Command menu to top

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Date': 11 Apr 84 19':06 PST'
From': JonL.pa'
Subject': Lisp': Buried DEdit command menu "disappears"'
To': LispSupport.pa'
cc': Sheil,JonL.pa'
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Lisp System Date': 11-Apr-84 00':53':49'
Machine': Dorado (Ahwahnee)'
Microcode version': 24,4'
Memory size': 10000'
Frequency': Always'
Impact': Moderate'
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While DEditing something I moused a window that, when it came up, happened to occlude the DEdit command menu.  Mousing the main Dedit window didn''t bring the command menu up; and depending on the "tenacity" of the window now occluding the command menu, I found that even ^E didn''t always bring it to top (TEdit windows seem to be more "tenacious" in this regard than  "regular" TtyDisplayStreams).'
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A similar problem occurs when you re-enter DEdit by mousing a secondary window of the process running the DEdit (e.g., the Exec window when you have entered DEdit normally, but exited it by mousing some other process''s ttywindow) -- keyboard typein now goes into the DEdit input buffer, which comes to top, but the main window (and also the menu window) don''t come up.'
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Date': 12 Apr 84 14':22 PST'
From': Sheil.pa'
Subject': Re': Lisp': Buried DEdit command menu "disappears"'
In-reply-to': JonL.pa''s message of 11 Apr 84 19':06 PST'
To': JonL.pa'
cc': LispSupport.pa'
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DEdit no longer forces its menu to the top continually - scads of people had complained about this. Perhaps mousing the main window should (perhaps) get the menu to the top. However, there is an easier way - the TAB key pulls the menu up (and over) whenever it is active. Use that.'
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Beau'
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Date': 12 Apr 84 18':16 PST'
From': JonL.pa'
Subject': Re': Lisp': Buried DEdit command menu "disappears"'
In-reply-to': Sheil.pa''s message of 12 Apr 84 14':22 PST'
To': Sheil.pa'
cc': JonL.pa, LispSupport.pa'
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There are two problems here':'
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1) not having the semi-attached DEdit command window come to top when the main window is brought up is a very troublesome discontinuity in the windowworld interface;'
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2) although the TAB key brings up the command menu, when it is active,  the problem is determining just *** who is active ***; that is pressing TAB is not necessarily a safe determiner of state (because in the "other" state, you can have a process waiting for keyboard confirmation).  I''d consider Mousing the command menu a "safe" determiner; the problem is to find the menu.'
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System: Programming Environment

Subsystem: Code Editor

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Frequency: Intermittent

Impact: Annoying

Priority: Perhaps

Status: Open

Problem Type: Design - Impl

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