[iyonix-support] Re: Press Stop to terminate WimpScroll

In article <cb7e2c9e4f.rogerarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
   Roger Darlington <rogerarm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ATM I my Iyonix keeps getting freezeing when sometimes I run Netfetch 
> 2.20a, although I am not convinced that Netsurf is the problem.

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> When I <ALT><BRK> then a window pops up claiming to be the Windows 
> Manager and asks me if I want to stop a  WimpScroll. If I do, then 
> windows wont scroll anymore with the mouse wheel (no surprise there)

I find other programs crashing can kill WimpScroll sometimes.

> What I have done recently is mess about with !HID (in particular, the 
> window with the 'Scroll wheel' settings). When I had finished setting 
> them, I saved them (Menu>File>Save (f3), but only much later when I 
> was shutting down the computer did another window pop up asking me 
> whether I wanted to save it as part of boot. 

I note from the Scroll Wheel setup window you can do 'File>Find' which I
guess will display the options file in use. I set mine up via Obey files
instead.

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> Now I get these problems when running NetFetch frezing the computer 
> unless I quit WimpScroll (although I don't? think? NetFetch uses 
> scroll windows?!)

Any window potentially can scroll. It's possible to scroll windows that
were never intended to scroll, I had to alter some of my programs to
prevent this. If you find an application where scrolling causes a problem
then add that to the list with 'No scrolling' set (e.g. I set 'no
scrolling' for TemplEd). 

> How do I 'un-save' these settings to Boot?

The install options can be changed by !Install from the HID iconbar menu,
just change the radio button at the top. Personally, if I was installing,
I'd make it after the desktop rather than before.


>  My !scroll settings in !HID are this:

[Snip] Settings

> Is anything obviously incorrect with any of those settings?

At first glance they look correct.

Ian

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