Re: [StrongED] Re: StrongEd v4.70a11 and Throwback

[Fred Graute <fjgraute@xxxxxxxxx>]

In message <5618cbedaflist01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
          Martin <list01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In article <20aebf1856.fjgraute@xxxxxxxxx>,
>    Fred Graute <fjgraute@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > In message <5618a4cabflist01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >           Martin <list01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > > In article <434a8e1856.fjgraute@xxxxxxxxx>,
> > >    Fred Graute <fjgraute@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > What happens if you start 4.70a11, load a BASIC file and then click
> > > > on the 'List functions and procedures' icon [1] on the toolbar?
> > > A LoF opens, and lines are highlit when the mouse is over them.
> > > Clicks open the program at that line.
> 
> > Can you confirm that the LoF doesn't have focus in this case, ie cursor
> > up/down do not move the highlight?
> 
> Correct. 
> Cursor up/down affects the editing window, where the focus stays.

Well, that means my working hypothesis of StrongED not receiving
pointer entering events is wrong as LoF clearly works without getting
focus so it must get pointer entering events.

This means that something is wrong with how the mouseline is set up for
LoW and throwback windows. What's going wrong and why it seems to affect
only you is what we need to find out.

I think it best for me to provide you with a copy of StrongED that has
debugging added that outputs info on the mouseline. Hopefully that will
provide a clue as to what's going on.

> > When a LoF is created via the keyboard (F2 or cs-F) then it will be
> > given the input focus so that the user can stay with the keyboard. 
> 
> F2   -> LoF does not get focus.
> cs-F -> LoF does get focus.

I should have been more explicit, it's the way you start the LoF from
the dialogue box that determines if focus is given or not.

F2, enter search term, click Go -> LoF does not get focus.
F2, enter search term, press Return -> LoF does get focus.

> > The keyboard actions for LoF & throwback are defined in the BaseMode
> > ModeFile and can thus be changed to suit one's needs. 
> [Snip]
> I had thought that key bindings were documented in Help -> Key Bindings,
> which I have printed for reference. 

The Key bindings page lists the key bindings that are defined in the
4.69 BaseMode ModeFile. This does not include the key bindings for LoF
and throwback windows as they were hardwired into StrongED 4.69 itself.

Once of the changes in 4.70 was to make LoF/throwback bindings external
so that users could change them if they wanted too.

> [Snip]
> 
> > Does the SE on the RPi continue to work even after prolonged use?
> 
> No idea, I am afraid. I only use my Pi for testing & demos. I am unlikely
> to have time in the near future to give it a prolonged test.

Understood, I too use the RPi mostly for testing.

Cheers,
Fred.

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