Re: Code Editor Focus issues

["R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Jim Essinger <esinger@fmtc.com>
To: CODE400-L@midrange.com <CODE400-L@midrange.com>
Date: Friday, August 03, 2001 1:28 AM
Subject: Code Editor Focus issues


>My config;  Win 2000 Pro with Service pack 2 installed,  V5R1M0 version of
>WebSphere Developemnt tools with the second fix pack installed, AS/400 (not
>iSeries yet!) 720 with V4R5M0 installed.  IBM Thinkpad w/256Meg ram.  IBM
>Extras are enabled, with no modifications.  Highlight extra is turned on
>(FYI - does not seem to matter on or off).

doesn't matter, did the same thing under OS/2, does it under NT.

>In other words, I position the left hand window to the next mismatch,
>position the right window to the same line.  When I click in the left
>window to do some editing, the cursor does not go to where I clicked the
>mouse, but to where the editor wants it to be.  I assume that this is the
>position CodeEdit last knew the cursor to reside before repositioning the
>windows with the scroll bars.

Welcome to the club, I complained about it in 95.

>The net effect is to have to click multiple times when a single click in
>the inactive window should position the cursor where I clicked the mouse.


Yup, my fingers get sore.

>Is there a work around or a fix for this?  I use compare all the time to
>sync my enhancements with a vendors upgrades, and I get slowed down a lot
>by having to reposition the cursor twice for every time I reposition the
>window.


None that I have ever found. I wish they would release the source code if
they aren't gonna fix it.

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R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer

"America is the land that fought for freedom and then
  began passing laws to get rid of it."

     - Alfred E. Neuman


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