From: j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com
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Date: Sun, 21 Jul 96 16:37:00 UTC 0000
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Subject: Re: Mouse under Emacs 19.31

Reply to message 2432526    from ELIZ AT IS DOT ELTA. on 07/21/96  4:35AM


>> After using Emacs 19.31 for several days, I have discovered an
>> apparent bug wrt the mouse handler.  Whenever my mouse driver
>> is loaded HIGH, it fails to work under Emacs.
>
>Does it work with other DOS programs when loaded HIGH?  In other words,
>is it a problem with the mouse driver or with the way Emacs uses it?

Yes, it does.  Emacs is the only program for which it does not work
loaded high.  Fortunately, loading it low doesn't seem to matter for
other programs.

>Do you use the file emacs.pif in the msdos directory of the Emacs
>distribution?  If not, try it.  If you do, then similar problems were
>reported when running Emacs on Win 3.11 with 32-bit file access enabled
>and/or with Win32s loaded.  Are you using any of these?

Actually, I was running Emacs from the DOS box, not the .pif file.
However, I did change my _dosprmt.pif settings to maximize
DOS memory, etc; in fact, I did this quite some time ago.  I just
installed the .pif now, and it runs ok.  And no, I am not using 32-bit
file access in Win31 - I tried it a year or so ago and it completely
crashed my computer - nothing would work.  :)

I'm pretty well convinced that the GPF was just a fluke - it hasn't happened
again.

John