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F3 ?

Dear Colleagues -- Working hard to identify a problem
with a Perl program edited using WinEDT, I am being
driven to distraction by the latter's out-of-the-box
treatment of "F3" after "Ctrl-F".  "Ctrl-F" launches
a "Find" dialogue box, as a Windows user would
expect, but "F3" does /not/ perform a "Find next",
unlike most (every ?) other Windows program.
Is this intentional, if so what is the reason,
and can it be fixed by the user ?

Philip TAYLOR

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David Huffer | 29 Apr 19:00

RE: F3 ?

On Tuesday, April 29, 2008 12:48, Philip (Ret'd) wrote:

 > ...Working hard to identify a problem with a
 > Perl program edited using WinEDT, I am being
 > driven   to   distraction  by  the  latter's
 > out-of-the-box   treatment   of  "F3"  after
 > "Ctrl-F".   "Ctrl-F"   launches   a   "Find"
 > dialogue   box,  as  a  Windows  user  would
 > expect, but "F3" does /not/ perform a  "Find
 > next",  unlike  most (every ?) other Windows
 > program. Is this intentional, if so what  is
 > the  reason, and can it be fixed by the user
 > ?...

What does it do instead?

If you go to Options..Shortcut list and scroll down to "F3,"
what command does it show is bound to F3?

I have mine pointing first to a macro that moves the caret to
the end of the selection (i dont think this is necessary
anymore---if it even ever was):
   IfSel(0,"=","JMP('find');",>
       `IfNum(%l,%y,">","JMP('find');",>
       *IfNum(%l,%y,"=",|IfNum(%c,%x,">=","JMP('find');");|);*);`);
   CMD('Caret <-> Select');
   :find::
   End;
and then to the command
   CMD('Search Again');

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Philip TAYLOR (Ret'd | 29 Apr 19:38

Re: F3 ?

David Huffer wrote:

> What does it do instead?

Nothing, as far as I can tell ...

> If you go to Options..Shortcut list and scroll down to "F3,"
> what command does it show is bound to F3?

F3                     &Search|Search &Again

OK, solved it : your first question was the clue.  This
is Microsoft's latest "let's drive the user insane"
feature : an "F Lock" key on a Microsoft keyboard 

Normally I use an IBM clicky keyboard or a Logitech
keyboard, neither of which have this crazy key, but
sadly the machine I'm using at the moment does have
it, and yet again I had forgotten its existence (I
usually notice it when "PrtScrn" does nothing ...).

Many thanks, David !

** Phil.

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Philip G. Ratcliffe | 29 Apr 19:03

RE: F3 ?

> Dear Colleagues -- Working hard to identify a problem
> with a Perl program edited using WinEDT, I am being
> driven to distraction by the latter's out-of-the-box
> treatment of "F3" after "Ctrl-F".  "Ctrl-F" launches
> a "Find" dialogue box, as a Windows user would
> expect, but "F3" does /not/ perform a "Find next",
> unlike most (every ?) other Windows program.
> Is this intentional, if so what is the reason,
> and can it be fixed by the user ?

Funny, 'cos it works on mine: latest WinEdt Build: 20071003  (v. 5.5) on
WinXP.

Cheers, Phil

 

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