nash@su-russell.UUCP (06/03/87)
I've experienced the following problem with system 4.1. I haven't seen it noted on the net. When using a communications program (Red Ryder, Versaterm) with the sound turned off (via the control panel), I get nuked when the host sends a beep (e.g., when the screen is full). Under previous systems the menu bar would flash, and all would be well; under 4.1 the whole damn screen flashes, and then The Bomb. Solutions? Note: this problem persists while using the patched version of the General control panel module floating around. _____________________________________________________________________ Ron Nash Center for the Study of Language and Information Stanford University nash@csli.stanford.edu _____________________________________________________________________
dgold@apple.UUCP (06/03/87)
In article <296@su-russell.ARPA> nash@su-russell.ARPA (Ron Nash) writes: >When using a communications program (Red Ryder, Versaterm) with >the sound turned off (via the control panel), I get nuked when >the host sends a beep (e.g., when the screen is full). Under >previous systems the menu bar would flash, and all would be >well; under 4.1 the whole damn screen flashes, and then >The Bomb. Solutions? I've been unable to reproduce this problem using SysBeep (the utility used by most Mac software to beep or flash the menu bar). Either the software you are using is corrupted somehow (I mean the system software), or your applications are not calling SysBeep but are instead attempting to flash the menu bar directly themselves. I could understand this latter behavior causing problems since the menu manager has been extensively patched in System 4.1 to support hierarchical menus. -- David Goldsmith Apple Computer, Inc. MacApp Group AppleLink: GOLDSMITH1 UUCP: {nsc,dual,sun,voder,ucbvax!mtxinu}!apple!dgold CSNET: dgold@apple.CSNET, dgold%apple@CSNET-RELAY BIX: dgoldsmith
oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster) (06/04/87)
When I call TEGetStyle(), the textStyle record I get back has the font number correct, and the styles correct, but if the point size is really 12, I get back a 0 as the size. Is there a global variable that holds a "default font size" that is screwing me up? This is on a MacPlus, running System 4.1 and Switcher 5.5 (if the later matters.) --- David Phillip Oster --My Good News: "I'm a perfectionist." Arpa: oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu -- Uucp: ucbvax!dewey.soe!oster --My Bad News: "I don't charge by the hour."
hallett@macbeth.UUCP (06/04/87)
In article <914@apple.UUCP> dgold@apple.UUCP (David Goldsmith) writes: >In article <296@su-russell.ARPA> nash@su-russell.ARPA (Ron Nash) writes: >>When using a communications program (Red Ryder, Versaterm) with >>the sound turned off (via the control panel), I get nuked when >>the host sends a beep (e.g., when the screen is full). Under >>previous systems the menu bar would flash, and all would be >>well; under 4.1 the whole damn screen flashes, and then >>The Bomb. Solutions? > Hi all! I have seen a similar behavior in MacWrite 4.5. I have been using MacNifty's Beep INIT (posted with Randomizer - check is in the mail Jon). When I open a TEXT file and after I've stated if the linebreaks are paragraphs or what not, if the sound is off, the screen goes into this wild reverse video dance macabre. If the sound is one, the little Beepsound works great. Perhaps this provides someone with a trace to the problem. Easy remedy; leave the sound on (Bad if you are laying MacLanding on company time 8-)). Jeffrey A. Hallett (hallett@ge-crd.arpa hallett@desdemona.uucp) Software Technology Program General Electric Corporate Research and Development ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many" -- Kirk (STIII) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Disclaimer: My opinions do not represent my employer's, but it is his fault for giving me this thing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
mark@rtech.UUCP (Mark Wittenberg) (06/15/87)
in article <6135@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP>, hallett@macbeth.steinmetz (Hallett) says: > I have seen a similar behavior in MacWrite 4.5. I have been using > MacNifty's Beep INIT (posted with Randomizer - check is in the mail Jon). > When I open a TEXT file and after I've stated if the linebreaks are > paragraphs or what not, if the sound is off, the screen goes into this > wild reverse video dance macabre. If the sound is one, the little > Beepsound works great. > > Perhaps this provides someone with a trace to the problem. Easy remedy; > leave the sound on (Bad if you are laying MacLanding on company time 8-)). > > Jeffrey A. Hallett (hallett@ge-crd.arpa hallett@desdemona.uucp) Uh, maybe this is too obvious, but I just stick a phono plug into the sound jack. /mark -- Mark Wittenberg Relational Technology, Inc. Alameda, CA ihnp4!zehntel!rtech!mark ucbvax!mtxinu!rtech!mark