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From: tecot@Apple.COM (Ed Tecot)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: WriteNow vs. Easy Access on the Mac II
Message-ID: <7545@apple.Apple.Com>
Date: 3 Mar 88 02:07:19 GMT
References: <1575@coherent.com> <1835@coherent.com>
Reply-To: tecot@apple.UUCP (Ed Tecot)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
Lines: 20
Keywords: WriteNow Easy Access font key scrambled

In article <1835@coherent.com> dplatt@improper.UUCP (Dave Platt) writes:
>Last week, I posted a note saying that I was going to remove Easy Access
>from my Mac II's system folder, on the advice of the folks at T/Maker;
>I was told that Easy Access could be causing some problems with WriteNow.
>
>It appears that T/Maker was correct.  The problem that my wife and I had
>been having with WriteNow (garbage appearing on the screen when the
>"i" key was typed) has not recurred since I removed Easy Access;
>the documents we've been editing are well above the size threshold
>(7-8 pages) at which the glitch was occurring previously.

I just researched this problem.  Easy Access is not the cause of WriteNow's
problem, although it does make it more likely to occur.  To reproduce the
problem, simply type control-i i.  From then on, all i's are inserted in
tab-fill mode.  I suspect this is a bug in WriteNow's tab-fill code.
I suggest that a WriteNow user alert T/Maker to this.

If you find yourself in this mode, simply type tab-i to undo it.

						_emt