Message-Id: <199710242324.MAA02994@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz> Subject: Re: Some comments and questions To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii) Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 12:24:37 +1300 (NZDT) From: "Kris Heidenstrom" Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com In-Reply-To: from "Eli Zaretskii" at Oct 24, 97 12:28:04 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> This editor uses the Scroll Lock key to enable/disable the mode where >> it keeps the cursor on the same line, and scrolls the file accordingly >> as I move around. > > I don't see anything special in such scrolling (do you really mean to > tell us that this is the reason why you stick with your editor??) No, it has lots of features that I like. > Emacs has a command to scroll the display without moving the cursor. I > have it permanently bound to Ctrl-z and Alt-z (scroll up and down). > > But this is quickly becoming another editor war, so let's drop it, > okay? Yes. [info hanging] > Are you sure you waited long enough? Please don't get impatient, let > Info work for a while. I think it doesn't hang, it just tries to make a > lot of guesswork to find your `dir' file. Yes, you're right. When a program gives an error message then does nothing for 15 seconds, with no hard disk activity and no "Wait..." message, I think it's not unreasonable to think that it has hung. But eventually it does start up properly. >> So it seems that if there is any INFOPATH setting in the [info] section >> of djgpp.env, info hangs if the subject on the command line is unknown. > > No, I think your DJGPP environment variable is set incorrectly. Please > post how it is defined, and please revert to the original DJGPP.ENV from > djdev201.zip, i.e., do NOT edit it. My DJGPP environment variable is defined as: DJGPP=C:\S\DJGPP\DJGPP.ENV which is the correct full pathname to DJGPP.ENV. I did NOT edit DJGPP.ENV. I tried editing it AFTER I discovered that removing the DJGPP environment variable prevented info from giving the error message and appearing to hang. Thanks again. Kris -- Kris Heidenstrom kheidens AT actrix DOT gen DOT nz Wellington, New Zealand Electronic designer and programmer "Good sense is the most valuable good on the market"