[Papyrus-L] Question about Papyrus problem

[Thomas Gill]

Thanks John:

 

I simply copied the version of Papyrus from my laptop (which had continued
to work properly) to my desktop; and the problem is now resolved.  The
desktop version of Papyrus must have gotten corrupted in some way.

 

Regards,

 

Tom Gill

 

From: papyrus-l-bounces at ResearchSoftwareDesign.com
[mailto:papyrus-l-bounces at ResearchSoftwareDesign.com] On Behalf Of John
Kiernan
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 12:59 AM
To: Papyrus Discussion List; thomas.gill at yale.edu
Subject: Re: [Papyrus-L] Question about Papyrus problem

 

Thomas, you have probably tried this; it's just a thought. 

 

Whenever I have trouble with a computer program I ask our department's
resident expert - a younger colleague (now the chairman) who taught us all
how to use DOS in the 1980s. His invariable advice is "Re-install the
program", and usually it works. 

 

Papyrus is a very robust DOS program. I have it working well on computers
with Windows XP, Vista, Win-7 (35-bit) and Win-7 (64-bit). With the 64-bit
laptop it's necessary to use the excellent DOSBOX emulator, as discussed in
the Papyrus-L forum inthe late summer of 2010.  The forum's archives are
probably available somewhere on
<http://www.researchsoftwaredesign.com/Lists.html>
http://www.researchsoftwaredesign.com/Lists.html (but I've never tried to
find this archive).

 

John Kiernan 

Anatomy, UWO 

London, Canada 

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On 27/11/11, Thomas Gill <thomas.gill at yale.edu> wrote: 


To the remaining Papyrus diehards:

 

Please see the problem below that I have been having with the input function
of Papyrus, on an XP operating system.  The solutions suggested by Dave have
not corrected the problem.

 

I would appreciate any other suggestions from the group.

 

Sincerely,

 

Tom Gill

 

From: Dave Goldman <dave at ResearchSoftwareDesign.com>

Date: October 30, 2011 5:45:34 PM PDT

To: Thomas Gill <thomas.gill at yale.edu>

Subject: Re: Question about Papyrus

 

Problem:

I have been using Papyrus for nearly 20 years.  Today, for the first time, I
am unable to input a new reference using the Input Option.  The screen
appears with Type/article highlighted, but I am unable to enter anything or
even change from article to "other".  It simply goes back to Type/article.

 

Do you have any ideas on what I can do to resolve this problem?

 

Tom --

 

I This sounds like an old problem that first surfaced with Windows NT. If
that's what is affecting you, then try moving the mouse over the Reference
Type menu that pops up -- that might allow you to pick a different choice
from that menu.

 

In addition, maybe one of these ancient suggestions will still work:

 

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When you launch PAPYRUS, you might discover that rather than filling the
whole screen, PAPYRUS uses only the top half of your screen. If this happens
to you there are two solutions:

 

(1) Update your copy of PAPYRUS to Version 7.0.16c or later.

 

  OR

 

(2) Carry out these steps:

 

 (a) Launch PAPYRUS.

 (b) Switch to windowed mode by pressing Alt-Enter.

 (c) Select the Control menu by clicking the icon in the upper left

     corner of the window, or by pressing Alt-Space, and then choose

     "Properties".

 (d) Select the "Layout" tab.

 (e) Set the "Screen Buffer Size" Height to 25.

 (f) Click the OK button.

 (g) Choose "Save properties for future windows with same title", and

     click OK.

 (h) Quit PAPYRUS.

 (i) Future launches should correctly fill the screen.

 

 

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If you wish to run PAPYRUS in a window, rather than in full-screen mode, 

you might run into some problems with the mouse not functioning correctly,
because Windows NT is intercepting your mouse clicks. You can remedy this
situation as follows:

 

 (a) Launch PAPYRUS.

 (b) Switch to windowed mode by pressing Alt-Enter.

 (c) Select the Control menu by clicking the icon in the upper left

     corner of the window, or by pressing Alt-Space, and then choose

     "Properties".

 (d) Select the "Options" tab.

 (e) Turn off "QuickEdit Mode" and "Insert Mode".

 (f) Click the OK button.

 (g) Choose "Save properties for future windows with same title", and

     click OK.

 (h) Quit PAPYRUS.

 (i) Future launches should show better mouse functioning.

 

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If none of these suggestions helps, then you should probably post a question
to Papyrus-L mailing list to see if one of your colleagues has figured this
one out. You can sign up for the list at
<http://www.researchsoftwaredesign.com/Lists.html>.

 

-- Dave

 

 

 

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