Questions/Comments from Recent I68 Usage

questions/comments


I noted that it is possible for the "header" line to show FILE-1, yet FILE-4 is the active file. This is illustrated at this location.

The sequence that produces this state is the following: (1) With FILE-1 as the active file, do "send all", (2) Save FILE-1 to FILE-4. Do another "send all". FILE-4 is the one that gets sent. FILE-4 is then highlighted as the active file. To restore FILE-1 as the active file, Select FILE-4, then Select FILE-1.

If 'do "send all"' is left out of step (1), then FILE-1 remains the active file throughout.

I question that the act of Saving an active file to another file should make the latter the active file--especially as it depends on whether or not "send all" was done with the former. It can be confusing to have the "header" line show FILE-1, yet have the active file be FILE-4, and doing a "send all" in that state actually sends out the contents of FILE-4. Changing parameters in that state is actually changing them in FILE-4, if a "send all" is done--yet all the while FILE-1 is showing in the header.

The following graphic attempts to illustrate this possibly confusing state of affairs.active_file_change