rfh3273@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com (Dick Harrigill) (05/02/91)
Is this a bug in the 10.2+ DM, or is it a feature:
Control characters go away when cut/copied and pasted.
For example:
1. Create a small file of sample lines using the dm:
-stuff-
end page 1
begin page 2
-stuff-
2. Change the "begin" to @fbegin with the dm editor s command.
You now get a 'page break'/formfeed in your pad.
3. Cut and paste the whole document.
You have now lost the pagebreak.
4. [the really weird part]. Exit and reenter dm editor.
The page break is back.
Any thoughts anyone? Is this a known bug or an
undocumented feature or what?
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Seattle, WA 91824 Computing Support
(206) 393-9539 rfh3273@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.comstluka@software.org (Fred Stluka) (05/07/91)
In article <372@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com> rfh3273@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com (Dick Harrigill) writes: > Is this a bug in the 10.2+ DM, or is it a feature: > > Control characters go away when cut/copied and pasted. Don't know if it's intentional, but this has been true for at least 3-4 years (since at least SR9.2). --Fred -- Fred Stluka Internet: stluka@software.org Software Productivity Consortium UUNET: ...!uunet!software!stluka 2214 Rock Hill Rd, Herndon VA 22070 USA
beierl_c@apollo.HP.COM (Christopher Beierl) (05/07/91)
In article <372@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com> rfh3273@galileo.rtn.ca.boeing.com (Dick Harrigill) writes: >Is this a bug in the 10.2+ DM, or is it a feature: > >Control characters go away when cut/copied and pasted. >... >Any thoughts anyone? Is this a known bug or an >undocumented feature or what? I guess that you'd have to call it a "feature". Basically, the DM editor cannot manipulate control-characters, with some exceptions, like newline, etc. The reason is because it uses embedded escape sequences in the text being editted, and these sequences overlap the control-character values. -Chris (not a DM expert) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Christopher T. Beierl Internet: beierl_c@apollo.HP.COM;beierl_c@apollo.com Apollo Computer, Inc. UUCP: {mit-eddie,yale,uw-beaver}!apollo!beierl_c A Subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Phone: (508) 256-6600