TMPLee@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL (08/05/89)
I discovered one difference between 5.0 and previous that for awhile had
me upset. In the new control panel under alphabet there is somethign
called "translation". I don't know what it does, but when I used it as
delivered ("standard") it caused the optiion key to work strangely on
Word Perfect. If I changed it to the other choice ("none") it worked
fine. Comments anyone?
Oh yes, in relation to what somebody else said: ProSel (at least block
warden) does block writes which don't seem to get written right away.
After making some changes I moved around several files and that seemed
to be enough to get them written, or maybe they got written when I
exited to GS/OS.
TMPLee@dockmaster.ncsc.mildlyons@Apple.COM (David Lyons) (08/08/89)
In article <890804194855.350008@DOCKMASTER.ARPA> TMPLee@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL writes: >I discovered one difference between 5.0 and previous that for awhile had >me upset. In the new control panel under alphabet there is somethign >called "translation". I don't know what it does, but when I used it as >delivered ("standard") it caused the optiion key to work strangely on >Word Perfect. If I changed it to the other choice ("none") it worked >fine. Comments anyone? Comments? Yup, it's working just how it's designed to. "Translation" means that the Event Manager automatically does Option-key-type translation when you type; this can cause problems with applications that, for example, already do their own translation when the Option key is down. You already discovered the solution (choosing "None"). >Oh yes, in relation to what somebody else said: ProSel (at least block >warden) does block writes which don't seem to get written right away. >After making some changes I moved around several files and that seemed >to be enough to get them written, or maybe they got written when I >exited to GS/OS. Are you talking about Block Warden running under ProDOS 8? If so, blocks are written when WRITE_BLOCK calls are made, and there's no fancy stuff like caching or sessions going on--at least ProDOS 8 isn't doing them. What kind of drive are you working with, and what's happens to indicate that blocks are not getting written right away? --Dave Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems AppleLink--Apple Edition: DAVE.LYONS | P.O. Box 875 AppleLink--Personal Edition: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie: D.LYONS2 or DAVE.LYONS CompuServe: 72177,3233 Internet/BITNET: dlyons@apple.com UUCP: ...!ames!apple!dlyons My opinions are my own, not Apple's.