Reinitializing After Changing Editor Settings Is Very Slow

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Programmer's Workbench for MS-DOS, version 1.1
• Microsoft Programmer's Workbench for OS/2, version 1.1

SUMMARY

The current editor settings in the Programmer's WorkBench (PWB) may be changed by choosing Editor Settings from the Options menu, making a change to the <assign> pseudofile, and then saving that file. If SHIFT+F8 (initialize) is pressed while the <assign> pseudofile is still displayed, PWB may appear as though it is hung; it is actually reinitializing each statement of the editor settings (<assign>) pseudofile.

MORE INFORMATION

The following steps will reproduce this behavior:

1. Enter PWB and select the Options menu.

2. Choose the Editor Settings menu.

3. Make a change in the <assign> pseudofile and then save it.

4. Press the "initialize" keystroke combination (SHIFT+F8) and a popup box will appear stating "reinitializing...". The reinitialization is actually taking place but it is very slow because PWB is rebuilding the <assign> pseudofile for each entry in your TOOLS.INI file.

This is expected behavior because the <assign> pseudofile is meant to show the settings that were in effect at the time the file was displayed. It is not recommended that it be dynamically updated except via the mechanism of actually editing the file. If you changed a setting via "arg textarg assign" (ALT+A textarg ALT+=), a better way to view your new setting(s) is by using "refresh" (SHIFT+F7), or by switching away and back again via "setfile" (F2).