| Date: | Wed, 1 May 1996 00:56:34 GMT |
| Reply-To: | Nicholson & Ruth <nstn0159@FOX.NSTN.CA> |
| Sender: | "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU> |
| From: | Nicholson & Ruth <nstn0159@FOX.NSTN.CA> |
| Organization: | Nova Scotia Technology Network |
| Subject: | Re: Is 6.11 with Xwindows buggy ? |
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We've been using it at the office for about a month, and its been both
faster and more stable than 6.09.
We run on HP/UX 9.04 on a T500/4-way, with ASK/Ingres. The memory
"leak" with Ingres has also been cleared up with this release as well.
We couldn't be happier with 6.11!
On Fri, 26 Apr 1996 00:00:56 -0700, Karsten Self
<karsten@VF.STANFORD.EDU> wrote:
>Luke:
>
>I've run 6.09 under Solaris (XWindows & OpenWindows, twm), and 6.11 under
HPUX,
>(XWindows, vuewwm & mwm). It's seemed more or less stable on all platforms.
>SAS develops on HPUX/X, so I'd expect them to be pretty stable with
>this environment.
>
>I tend to use command line, and occaisionally pmenues, but not the
>command dialog, so I can't answer your concerns there. You might try
>setting xresources for the help dialogs -- they appear if you rest the
>pointer over a help icon for more than some fraction of a second,
>either .450 or .750 by default, can't recall which, but somewhere in
>that range. I've turned off the toolbox (another xresource, specified
>as a command line option in the vuewm windows menu command I use to
>launch SAS). Most of this is documented in either the "Changes &
>Enhancements 6.11" or "Companion for Unix, Language".
>>
>> with X windows. I have already found a couple of problems and get the
>> impression that this release is not very solid. The problems are all
>> interface related.
>>
>> Problems include typing return in the command dialog which makes the
>> whole SAS system bomb out - this works every time. Also little "help"
>> flags that pop up when you point at the toolbar, but dissapear almost
>> instantaneously.
>>
>> The X windows interface for 6.09 was pretty good.
>>
>> I wonder if SI expects the whole world to be using Win95, and isn't
>> trying very hard with any other interfaces ? Has anyone else had
>> similar problems ?
>>
>> Luke Whitaker
>> Epidemiology
>> St Mary's Med School
>> London
>>
>>
>
>
>---------------------------------------------
>Karsten M. Self -- Analytic Programmer
>
> KMSelf@ix.netcom.com
>
>What part of gestalt don't you understand?
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