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- I can''t cut/paste between Edith and other X windows'
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Since the definitions for drag-and-drop and cut/paste protocols (such as Motif)
are not public, Edith does not support dragdrop and cut/paste
with other applications. Middle mouse button paste however
will work, provided that the Edith window you selected text in
is still open.
- I clicked ``no further confirmations'' in a warning panel, and
indeed I never get a warning again, but how do I get the warnings
back if I want to see them again?
- Try Interface options... (Options menu, Shift Ctrl I) or
File options... (Options menu, Shift Ctrl F).
- I open a C file, but I get a window in `default setup' mode
-
Is your C file a backup? If it doesn't end in
.c
or .h
,
it is not recognized as a C file. Switch to C editing mode using
Switch mode... (Windows menu, Ctrl S).
- I can't edit the size and gadgets for mode LaTeX. I get to see the
values for ``default setup''
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Don't forget to tell Edith that your LaTeX mode has its own values
for size and gadgets, under Text window modes... (Windows menu, Shift Ctrl M).
- I am using auto wrap, but sometimes it doesn't seem to
do it's work
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Auto wrap only wraps when the cursor is beyond the right margin; it
is not a complete text formatting function. To reformat a paragraph
after inserting or deleting words in the middle of a line, use
Format paragraph (Text menu, Alt Shift P). You may need to switch off Format right-aligns (Options menu, Shift Ctrl P).
- What is the purpose of the rec button in the status line?
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It indicates when the dribble recorder is on; see Repeat dribble (Edit menu, Ctrl R).
- What is the purpose of the black triangles in the scroll bar?
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They are position markers, see Put marker (Mark menu, Alt P), Back (Browse menu, Alt Left),
Forward (Browse menu, Alt Right).
- Edith crashed while I was editing an important file
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If Edith hangs, kill the program by sending it a
TERM
signal,
e.g. by typing killall -15 edith
, or by destroying a window.
Carbon copies will then be written for any
files that were modified when the Edith server was killed. Then
re-open the important files; Edith will offer you the option to load
the carbon copies instead of the old originals.
- Edith refuses to save a file, but it has the required permissions
-
Sometimes Edith's underlying file system still thinks a file is
unreachable, even though the problems it has noticed earlier have
been fixed. Clicking retry in the box claiming that the file is
unwritable should help. Note that once Edith notices that a file is
not writable, the normal Save (File menu, Alt S) function will behave like Save as... (File menu, Alt Shift S).
- I opened a large number of files, and said yes when Edith offered
to put some of them in the queue. I finished editing the first
set of files; how do I open the others?
-
Open single files from the queue using Open next (File menu, Ctrl N). When all
open text files (excluding browsers) are closed or iconified, Edith
will pop up a message panel asking you if the next few files should
be opened.
- I installed
edivisual
/edimore
as an editor/viewer
and it complains that some files don't exist -
Make sure that the Edith server is running on the same host as the
program that called the editor. Files like
/tmp/edimore.12647
or /tmp/snd.23847
are not always readable from remote machines,
even if these machines are on the same network as your workstation.
- I installed
edivisual
as my mail editor; when I work
on a modem/remote shell connection, I get (a) cannot connect
to display ... or (b) I get vi
, and I would prefer
Emacs
-
When working on a slow connection, make sure that you do NOT
have the environment variable
DISPLAY
set. The environment
variable EDITOR
can be used to select an editor different than
vi for when there is no X display.
- A window I just opened has the wrong size
-
This is a bug known to appear in windowing systems (such as
Silicon Graphics'
4Dwm
) that store the window set-up and
re-open all windows the user had on his previous session when a new
session is started. The window manager tries to give a text window
the size of the master panel. Solutions: (1) leave Edith before
logging out; if the bug catches you, (2) fix it with Ctrl
Z then Return.
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