mode4350 on Windows XP

mode4350 on Windows XP

[Julian Berengut]

Yeah, I know you don't like windows...

In GNU Emacs 20.5 (i386-pc-msdosdjgpp)

of Sun Mar 19 2000 on pc

configured using `configure -'

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug

and the precise symptoms of the bug:

Running on Windows XP.

Enter mode4350.

Compile a fortran program using 'M-x compile' then 'g77 file.f -o file.exe'.

emacs reverts to standard size and display is broken. It can be fixed by
typing 'M-x mode25', which fixes the display and makes everything function
as normal.

The same thing happens when running ediff-buffers from mode4350.

Thanks,

Julian Berengut

Re: mode4350 on Windows XP

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Julian Berengut" <jberengut@hotmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 10:00:32 +1000
> 
> Running on Windows XP.
> 
> Enter mode4350.
> 
> Compile a fortran program using 'M-x compile' then 'g77 file.f -o file.exe'.
> 
> emacs reverts to standard size and display is broken.

Thank you for your report.

Please tell the details about how exactly is the display ``broken''.
I'm trying to determine whether what you see is a manifestation of
some bug, or some usage inconvenience that can be handled by
customizations.

It could also be due to some issue specific to Windows XP.  IIRC, XP
(and all the other descendants of the Windows NT family) have a nasty
habit or resettin the display parameters and colors to the default
25x80 black-and-white mode when a DOS program is run in the DOS box.
If that is the reason for the problem, the possible solutions I can
suggest are:

    - run Emacs in full-screen mode;
or
    - upgrade to a more friendly version of Windows (such as Windows
      98 SE);
or
    - download and install the Windows port of Emacs.

Re: mode4350 on Windows XP

[Julian Berengut]

The display is broken in the sense that there is now only one window
(usually after a compile, the window is split to accomodate the compilation
buffer). The menu bar is not displayed at the top, although if you point and
click with the mouse you can still pull down the menu. The minibuffer no
longer displays correctly (it is stuck on something like "executing g77 ..."
and doesn't echo commands.
If I change the buffer with the mouse menu, the new buffer tries to occupy
the minibuffer position. The status bar displays correctly for 25x80 mode.

This is the windows port of emacs (from djgpp, I think). I don't know what
you mean by "full screen mode", but maximising the window makes no
difference to the size of emacs or it's perceived functioning.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
To: <jberengut@hotmail.com>
Cc: <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: mode4350 on Windows XP


> > From: "Julian Berengut" <jberengut@hotmail.com>
> > Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 10:00:32 +1000
> >
> > Running on Windows XP.
> >
> > Enter mode4350.
> >
> > Compile a fortran program using 'M-x compile' then 'g77 file.f -o
file.exe'.
> >
> > emacs reverts to standard size and display is broken.
>
> Thank you for your report.
>
> Please tell the details about how exactly is the display ``broken''.
> I'm trying to determine whether what you see is a manifestation of
> some bug, or some usage inconvenience that can be handled by
> customizations.
>
> It could also be due to some issue specific to Windows XP.  IIRC, XP
> (and all the other descendants of the Windows NT family) have a nasty
> habit or resettin the display parameters and colors to the default
> 25x80 black-and-white mode when a DOS program is run in the DOS box.
> If that is the reason for the problem, the possible solutions I can
> suggest are:
>
>     - run Emacs in full-screen mode;
> or
>     - upgrade to a more friendly version of Windows (such as Windows
>       98 SE);
> or
>     - download and install the Windows port of Emacs.
>