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#ARP compiling

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#117098From: Khalid AldoseriApr 2, 1988 6:46 AM
Hi, Cheath. I have been using ARP for some time now, and I really love it. It sure saves a lot of time when writing small programs. I am just having a very slight problem with it. Here Goes: I am using the FileRequester, and it works very well except for when I double-click a filename. My program gets the selection fine, but the CLI window it is running from stays un-selected, even after the Requester has disappeared. After that, clicking into the CLI window does NOT make it the current one. I have to click in another window and then back into the CLI window to get it activated again. This only happens if I double-click an entry. It doesn't occur if I click the OK or Cancel gadgets. Any ideas? Khalid. P.S. I am using ARP V1.1 And I also tried the FileRequest.c program included in the ARC file. It has the same problem.
#117143From: Charlie HeathApr 2, 1988 4:45 PM
That's an Intuition bug, I don't know exactly what causes it but it is related to mouse/menu activity in a window just before it is closed. Intuition forgets to refresh the titlebar of the selected window; if you type at the seemingly unselected CLI window, it probably actually is selected but just doesn't have the correct hilite-
#117211From: Khalid AldoseriApr 3, 1988 4:35 AM
Cheath, I tried typing into the unselected CLI window, still no go. I can resize it, etc. But still can't activate it without clicking into another window first.
#117298From: Charlie HeathApr 3, 1988 5:53 PM
I thought you could click in the window, and even though it doesn't show up as `selected' it is still active for inputs. At least that's the way it's worked here when I've seen it-
#117429From: Khalid AldoseriApr 4, 1988 9:38 AM
Nope, the window is not selected, not active, and you cannot click into it at all. There is something strange here.
#117429From: Khalid AldoseriApr 4, 1988 9:38 AM
Nope, the window is not selected, not active, and you cannot click into it at all. There is something strange here.
#117298From: Charlie HeathApr 3, 1988 5:53 PM
I thought you could click in the window, and even though it doesn't show up as `selected' it is still active for inputs. At least that's the way it's worked here when I've seen it-
#117211From: Khalid AldoseriApr 3, 1988 4:35 AM
Cheath, I tried typing into the unselected CLI window, still no go. I can resize it, etc. But still can't activate it without clicking into another window first.
#117233From: Peter da SilvaApr 3, 1988 11:13 AM
This is actually in response to your previous message… * is the default ARP ESC character? I thought * was being used as a wildcard as well… how does this work?
#117301From: Charlie HeathApr 3, 1988 5:56 PM
Yup, * is the default ESC character; ESC is only processed when you double-quote a string. If you want to include * as a wildcard in a quoted string, you can type ** which is ESC'ed into a single *. We decided to stick with * as the default ESCAPE for compatability, if you prefer to use \ you can stick SET ESCAPE \ into your startup-sequence- …cheath
#117301From: Charlie HeathApr 3, 1988 5:56 PM
Yup, * is the default ESC character; ESC is only processed when you double-quote a string. If you want to include * as a wildcard in a quoted string, you can type ** which is ESC'ed into a single *. We decided to stick with * as the default ESCAPE for compatability, if you prefer to use \ you can stick SET ESCAPE \ into your startup-sequence- …cheath
#117233From: Peter da SilvaApr 3, 1988 11:13 AM
This is actually in response to your previous message… * is the default ARP ESC character? I thought * was being used as a wildcard as well… how does this work?
#117143From: Charlie HeathApr 2, 1988 4:45 PM
That's an Intuition bug, I don't know exactly what causes it but it is related to mouse/menu activity in a window just before it is closed. Intuition forgets to refresh the titlebar of the selected window; if you type at the seemingly unselected CLI window, it probably actually is selected but just doesn't have the correct hilite-