From: "Maan M. Hamze" <mmhamze AT mail DOT utexas DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: The case of Text and GU interfaces and OpenDOS:  Where to send bug reports?
Date: 29 Jan 1997 08:24:19 GMT
Organization: University of Texas at Austin
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I tried RHIDE and OpenDOS, and it works fine.  No problems.  I am using a
bootable diskette to boot into OpenDOS (and yes
I used pnunpack to unpack the rest of the files in the OpenDOS directory.)
The problem is with multitasking when using Task Manager.
You can NOT access the Task Manager Menu (the one you get into through
CNTRL-ESC) when you are in the program.  In other
words, you can NOT access the Task Manager menu through the text user
interface (as in RHIDE) or the GUI (as in 3ds3 R3 for example).
You have to shell into DOS from RHIDE (or 3ds3 R3) then start another task
through CNTRL-ESC.  
The problem does not appear through the program Edit that comes with
OpenDOS.  You can access the menu through it.
But you guessed it right!  Not being able to access the task manager from
within the app defeats the whole purpose of multitasking, since
you have to suspend the app through shelling into OpenDOS first.
Finally, the povray modeller Moray (uses gw4dos) is rebooting the computer.
So, what is the deal with failing to access the task manager menu from
within the TUI or GUI of a DOS app?
Sorry I posted this here!  I guess I should not!  can someone tell me where
to send this sort of inquiries?
Thanks,
Maan
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Maan M. Hamze
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