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From: andrew@resam.dk (Leif Andrew Rump)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look
Subject: Re: dbxtool weirdness
Keywords: dbxtool
Message-ID: <1991Apr29.085406.19853@resam.dk>
Date: 29 Apr 91 08:54:06 GMT
References: <1991Apr24.183505.18899@gtc.com>
Organization: RESAM Project Office, SAS, CPHML-V
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In <1991Apr24.183505.18899@gtc.com> dav@gtc.com (David L. Markowitz) writes:
>The dbxtool distributed with OW 2.0 is so badly broken I gave up and
>now run the Sunview dbxtool in compatibility mode.

>1. It enforces click-to-type when I have set point-to-type.
This is a "bug" in the OpenLook specifications - well Sun don't/didn't think
so but the customers do!

>2. It frequently hangs completely (sometimes hanging the entire
>desktop!) when using the arrow keys in the command window.  This
>happens every time I try to scroll back up over a command line that is
>larger than the window.
I haven`t seen that one before. Are you using -Wfsdb (-fullscreendebug)
I have a weird idear that it may help you!

>3. When editing is disabled, the program display window shows no
>indication of where the current line is (useful for setting breakpoints
>et. all) after single clicking.  You must select something by double or
>triple clicking, or dragging the mouse.  Sunview showed a caret, even
>if editing is disabled.
There should be an arrow! Don't load files when setting breakpoints,
instead follow the flow so dbxtool loads the file itself and then break=
points is visible - stupid? YES!!!

>Is anyone really using this thing?
I have to!

Andrew


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