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Article #2720Re: Strange problem with C Set/2 Editor
From: Simon Fowler
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 13:42
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 13:42
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David Battle (battle@cs.utk.edu) wrote: : : The editor which is run by default from the Workframe/2 environment when : editing source files has developed a strange problem. It saves the file every : time a key is pressed! On the first keystroke, it pops up a window telling me : I don't need to save because nothing has changed. On the second keystroke : it pops up a window telling me the file doesn't have an file type attribute : and forces me to select one. Then, as I type the disk chatters away every : time I press a key. Makes things really slugish, and it can't be good for : the disk. Has anyone seen this symptom before? Is there a way to fix it? : Both E.EXE and EPM.EXE have an autosave option. It sounds like this has been set to 1 (keystroke before autosave). Check the settings. simonn
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