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PROBLEM: No files are shown in the "Files" list in the
Open... dialog.
WORKAROUND: When you use the "Filter" field, include the
file specification or a complete directory specification,
including the trailing "/" on Unix. (See Help in the
Open... dialog).
PROBLEM: Keyboard shortcuts for menu items don't work.
WORKAROUND: Be sure the Caps Lock and Num Lock keys are both
unlocked. In Motif programs, these keys prevent the menu
accelerators from working.
PROBLEM: Find Again and Replace Again don't continue in the
same direction as the original Find or Replace.
WORKAROUND: Find Again and Replace Again don't use the
direction of the original search. The Shift key controls
the direction: Ctrl+G means forward, Shift+Ctrl+G means
backward.
PROBLEM: Preferences specified in the Preferences menu don't
seem to get saved when I select Save Defaults.
WORKAROUND: NEdit has two kinds of preferences: 1) per-
window preferences, in the Preferences menu, and 2) default
settings for preferences in newly created windows, in the
Default Settings sub-menu of the Preferences menu. Per-
window preferences are not saved by Save Defaults, only
Default Settings.
PROBLEM: Columns and indentation don't line up.
WORKAROUND: NEdit is using a proportional width font. Set
the font to a fixed style (see Preferences).
PROBLEM: NEdit performs poorly on very large files.
WORKAROUND: Turn off Incremental Backup. With Incremental
Backup on, NEdit periodically writes a full copy of the file
to disk.
PROBLEM: Commands added to the Shell Commands menu (Unix
only) don't output anything until they are finished
executing.
WORKAROUND: If the command output is directed to a dialog,
or the input is from a selection, output is collected
together and held until the command completes. De-select
both of the options and the output will be shown
incrementally as the command executes.
PROBLEM: Dialogs don't automatically get keyboard focus when
they pop up.
WORKAROUND: Most X Window managers allow you to choose
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between two categories of keyboard focus models: pointer
focus, and explicit focus. Pointer focus means that as you
move the mouse around the screen, the window under the mouse
automatically gets the keyboard focus. NEdit users who use
this focus model should set "Popups Under Pointer" in the
Default Settings sub menu of the preferences menu in NEdit.
Users with the explicit focus model, in some cases, may have
problems with certain dialogs, such as
Find and Replace. In MWM this is caused by the mwm
resource startupKeyFocus being set to False (generally a bad
choice for explicit focus users). NCDwm users should use
the focus model "click" instead of "explicit", again, unless
you have set it that way to correct specific problems, this
is the appropriate setting for most explicit focus users.
PROBLEM: Operations between rectangular selections on
overlapping lines do nothing.
WORKAROUND: None. These operations are very complicated and
rarely used, maybe next version...
PROBLEM: Cut and Paste menu items fail, or possibly crash,
for very large (multi-megabyte) selections.
WORKAROUND: Use selection copy (middle mouse button click)
for transferring larger quantities of data. Cut and Paste
save the copied text in server memory, which is usually
limited.
PROBLEM: (in Motif 1.1 Versions) The shortcut method for
entering control characters (Alt+Ctrl+char) is not
available.
WORKAROUND: Use the Ins. Control Char command.
PROBLEM: (in Motif 1.1 Versions) Pop-up dialogs "jump"
(appear briefly in a different location) when they are first
invoked.
WORKAROUND: Turn off "Popups Under Pointer" if this gives
you a headache.