sdowdy@charon.unm.edu (Stephen Dowdy) (08/03/88)
In article <8808030358.AA19003@ucbvax.berkeley.edu> LEICHTER@VENUS.YCC.YALE.EDU ("Jerry Leichter ", LEICHTER-JERRY@CS.YALE.EDU) writes:
] > Okay, as of VWS 3.2,
] > Live Icons are fun... DEF /SYS /EXEC UIS$VT_ENABLE_LIVE_ICON, then
] > delete all of your current 220s, and start some new ones up - then
] > try the SHRINK TO ICON option.... Nice.... You get a mini version of
] > your screen in a 2pt Font... and it's even updated ......
]
] Well, I'm afraid that those of us who don't have GPX don't get to have
] this feature. I'm running VMS 4.5 and VWS 3.2 on a VAXstation II (no
] GPX) and just tried what you suggested. I defined
] UIS$VT_ENABLE_LIVE_ICON to "True" and it didn't work, even after
] getting rid of all of my 220 windows.
]
] When we have a shrunk icon that gets new data, the words "NEW DATA"
] appear in the icon. This is the case whether or not the logical is
] defined. This is NOT in 3.0, but is in 3.2.
]
]My, what a load of confusion from one little type in the original message!
]
]The hardware (GPX vs. MicroVAX II vs. MicroVAX 2000 vs. ...) has nothing at
]all to do with this. These are features of VWS V3.3, which are not in VWS
]V3.2. Install VWS V3.3, and low and behold, you won't have to buy a GPX.
]You get a bunch of other handy new features, too - copy and paste from window
]to window for example.
] -- Jerry
The following *are* in VWS 3.2
cut/paste
Live icons
Just do a DUMP on SYS$SYSTEM:UIS$VT200_PME.EXE (the vt200 uis emulator) There
are also references to REGIS within the 3.2 VT200_PME, though it doesn't look
like there's enough there to do anything. (DUMP is the greatest utility for
determining what an image can do using logicals, when you don't have a manual,
or the manual is hiding something. After a couple hundred blocks, your brain
starts to fry though. Anyone have a 'strings' utility?)
It is important the the UIS logicals are defined in the System table (/exec
may be needed as well) I tried it the way it was mentioned above, but i
don't think i was successful. It wasn't until i put all the defines in
SYSTARTUP.COM before the STARTVWS call, that i truly got both cut/paste
and live icons. the weird thing now is that sometimes i have shrunken icons
that aren't like the "NEW DATA" icons, nor the live icons, but instead, when
new data is available the icon changes video attributes (reverse screen image)
weird. (oh, i also have UIS$VT_COMPLEMENT_ICON True. Maybe *that's* it)
Again, the relevant lines in SYSTARTUP would be...
$ Define/System/Exec UIS$VT_ENABLE_COPY "True"
$ Define/System/Exec UIS$VT_ENABLE_LOCATOR "True"
$ Define/System/Exec UIS$VT_ENABLE_PASTE "True"
$ Define/System/Exec UIS$VT_ENABLE_LIVE_ICON "True"
$ Define/System/Exec UIS$VT_ENABLE_ICON_UPDATE "True"
$ @STARTVWS
--stephen
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