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Re: Tabkey and Xedit Question

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From: Phil Munro
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1992 13:44
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  Wow!  When this group wakes up it really wakes up.  Thanks for the
ideas.  Perhaps I should indicate my desire with the original question.

  I have already designed and been using (for a number of years) a help
system based on execs and xedit macros.  It has the advantages of being
a bit faster than the system help, *PLUS* the fact that it is possible
to bring it up and switch between its screen and a current xedit
session.  It uses variable record length maclibs to store files, or just
individual files, and it will work in cms subset.

  The screens look somewhat like the normal help, but the one thing I
hadn't been able to figure out was the tabkey question.

  Now some of the things people have been telling me is to use reserved
lines, but that is not what the help system does.  The help system alows
you to *move* forward and backward the display of a large set of menu
items, and the tabkey feature follows the lines.  Doing a Q RESERVED
shows only the pfkey area as reserved.

  I continue to thank those who have made suggestions, and I will be
using the ideas to study this question further.  Thanks to all.  --Phil
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