Topic: RUNSHELL.VDM (1 of 9), Read 96 times Conf: Wildfile, Other macros From: Peter Rejto Date: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 10:41 AM I have installed RUNSHELL.VDM and now I understand why it is a significant improvement. I have also installed the new, VEDIT 5.151/04/30/99, USER.MNU file. I did succeed in copying the "Run and save program n" commands for n=1,2,3,4 to my customized USER.MNU file. My problem is this: I did not succeed in copying the "Run and save program 5" command to my customized USER.MNU file. Specifically, when I try to load my customized {USER, Menu} I get an error message. Since removing this command solves my problem I have a hunch that my USER.MNU is too big. So, I would like to know the precise requirements on the USER.MNU file. Did I have too many items? Incidentally, I noticed an undocumented enhancement: One of my {USER,Menu}-s scrolled vertically on the screen! This certainly was a very nice surprise! This suggests that my USER.MNU file just could not fit into its register. But I just don't know. I also had erratic behavior in trying to copy USER.MNU items between files via the windows clipboard or via the VEDIT {Block, Move to register} commands. I would appreciate any information. Thanks, -peter.

Topic: Re: RUNSHELL.VDM (2 of 9), Read 94 times Conf: Wildfile, Other macros From: Ted Green Date: Thursday, October 21, 1999 11:34 AM At 10:41 AM 10/19/99 -0400, you wrote: >This suggests that my USER.MNU file just could not fit into its register. The {USER} menu is currently limited to 24 items. I will try to expand it to 34 in the next release. I just tried 34 in the DOS version with only 25 screen lines; although it doesn't show all items, it didn't crash either. (The main reason I limited it to 24 items was to prevent problems with the DOS version.) >I also had erratic behavior in trying to copy >USER.MNU items between files via the windows clipboard or via the VEDIT >{Block, Move to register} commands. At this point we only pursue step-by-step replicable problems. "Erratic" is just not specific enough. :-)

Topic: Re: RUNSHELL.VDM & Verison 1.61 (3 of 9), Read 80 times Conf: Wildfile, Other macros From: Peter Rejto Date: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 10:02 AM I have just installed Vpw Version 1.61. I tried to use more than 24 menu items on the USER.MNU but did not succeed. Should I wait for another release for 34 items ? Thanks, -peter.

Topic: Re: RUNSHELL.VDM & Verison 1.61 (4 of 9), Read 82 times Conf: Wildfile, Other macros From: Ted Green Date: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 04:08 PM I have confirmed that the 32-bit windows version of VEDIT PLUS 5.16 supports 34 items in the {USER} and {TOOLS} menus. Please try it again.

Topic: Re: RUNSHELL.VDM & Verison 1.61 (5 of 9), Read 78 times Conf: Wildfile, Other macros From: Peter Rejto Date: Sunday, November 21, 1999 09:59 AM Thanks Ted, It works like a charm! Do I understand it correctly : This is a major improvement in Version 5.161, which is undocumented ? I also found my mistake in my previous attempt: the last line of the menu did not end in a carriage_return line_feed. So, my very first additional menu item was the Screen_Display configuration string with mode option 4. That is to say, "show all characters". I did some experimentation with this mode. However, I shall report on it later. Thanks again, -peter.

Topic: Re: RUNSHELL.VDM & Verison 1.61 (6 of 9), Read 90 times Conf: Wildfile, Other macros From: Ted Green Date: Monday, November 22, 1999 04:35 PM At 10:07 AM 11/21/99 -0500, you wrote: >It works like a charm! Do I understand it correctly : This is a major >improvement in Version 5.161, which is undocumented ? You consider it a major improvement, but to me it is too trivial to document. It is impractical to document every little change we make, although to someone, these little changes are important.

Topic: Re: RUNSHELL.VDM & Verison 5.161 (7 of 9), Read 94 times Conf: Wildfile, Other macros From: Ted Green Date: Monday, November 29, 1999 04:32 PM If you update your Windows version, please also update to the latest DOS version, Mixing different versions is not going to work. Ted. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ted Green (ted@...) Greenview Data, Inc. Web: http://www.... PO Box 1586, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 Tel: (734) 996-1300 Fax: (734) 996-1308 VEDIT - Text/Data/Binary Editor

Topic: Re: RUNSHELL.VDM & Verison 5.161 (8 of 9), Read 78 times Conf: Wildfile, Other macros From: Peter Rejto Date: Sunday, January 09, 2000 01:16 AM Ted, You are right! The enlarged menu does work in the Dos version of Vedit 5.161. My problem is that the Screen_Size(34,80) command is ignored by my monitor. However, if I use Screen_Size(50,80) everything works just fine. I also tried to use the 34vga.com DOS command, which came with Vedit. This is also ignored.So, my problem is independent of Vedit. At the same time, I would appreciate getting information on the 34vga.com file. I also hope that the video experts are also reading this and will offer some help. So, my video controller is an SiS6326, AGP model. Sorry, for not realizing this before. Thanks again, -peter

Topic: Re: RUNSHELL.VDM & Verison 5.161 (9 of 9), Read 79 times Conf: Wildfile, Other macros From: Ted Green Date: Monday, January 10, 2000 01:03 PM The supplied vga34.com program works with over a dozen video cards that I have used in the past few years. If you run DOS full screen, then vga34.com does two things: * It increases the number of scan lines from 400 to 480. Since the standard VGA font is 16x8, 400 divided by 16 gives 25 text lines. Increasing this to 480 results in 30 text lines. * It switches to the "EGA" font built into every VGA card (that I have tested) which uses a font size of 14x8. With 400 scan lines this gives 28 text lines; with 480 scan lines this gives 34 text lines. However, then you run DOS in a Window, Windows emulates these changes to the number of scan lines and font size by simply increasing the size of the window to 34 text lines. Pretty neat.