Re: Double CR in CDA menu

[spector@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article pbenson@lunatix.lex.ky.us (Paul Benson) writes...
>
>I have a strange problem in my CDA control panel.  When I enter the 'Options'
>selection it enters the screen and then exits most of the time.  Eventually,
>however, the screen will stay there and I can change my keyboard option
>(I use Dvorak, my wife uses QWERTY).  This is not a bad keyboard, as some
>screens work without this problem and some others do.  I have also noticed
>this in ProTerm when I try to choose a file and I try to get to the listing
>of all drives, its as if another CR is added, so it just takes me to the first
>drive (I do see the drive list appear for a second).  Any ideas?  I have not
>tried loading without CDAs/NDAs/etc., but was wondering if anyone else has had
>this problem.  I originally thought it was a new 'feature' to 6.0.1 with the
>Control Panel NDA that I had never experienced, and then I encountered the
>similar promblem in ProTerm.

	I believe I know what the problem is, it has to with the 'OPTIONS'
settings in the text Control Panel (or 'KEYBOARD' settings if using a ROM 3).
Enter the CDA Control Panel, select 'Options' and examine the setting for 
'Repeat Delay'. Is the there a check-mark besides this option or asterisk
indicator at the center position? (ie, default setting). If _not_, then use
the arrow keys to set it back to the default -- that is, once the check-mark 
appears by the side. Now press return to save the setting.

	A couple of programs out there mess around with the Keyboard/Options
settings in the Control Panel and save them to bRAM (stupid, yes, but 
unfortunately they do!). If you have the games Captain Blood, Test Drive II, 
Columns GS(?), Grand Prix Circuit (just to name a few) you now know what's
the source of the annoying problem. You can still use them, though just
remember to restore certain Control Panel settings afterwards. Or of course
use a program that can save & restore all your settings. No need to keep these
settings to default mind you, I have my 'Repeat Delay' 1 notch below default
and 'Repeat Speed' three notches above default. This makes ProTERM, AppleWorks
and other text-based software scroll text MUCH quicker when you hold-down
the cursor keys. 

>Pauley
>GEnie: P.Benson1  Net: pbenson@lunatix.lex.ky.us

Mitchell Spector
m_spect@pavo.concordia.ca / spector@vax2.concordia.ca