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Q41475: Using Brief Emulation and Tags in TOOLS.INI

Article: Q41475
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 1.00   | 1.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | buglist1.00 | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 17-MAY-1989

If you invoke a tagged section from your TOOLS.INI when using the
Microsoft editor with brief keystroke emulation, some of the key
assignments will revert back to the default.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Version 1.00. We are
researching this problem and will post new information as it becomes
available.

As demonstrated in the following example, some of the keystrokes are
reassigned to the default keystrokes if you rename the BRIEF.INI file
to be TOOLS.INI and then add a new tag section:

[m-mono]
    height:23
    fgcolor:07
    errcolor:0F
    stacolor:70
    infcolor:70

Start editing a file, then bring in this new tag field by typing the
following:

   arg "mono" shift+f10

The following demonstrates this behavior and all compile lines revert
to default:

   window             will change from F1 to unassigned
   help               will change from ALT+H to F1
   argcompile         will change from ALT+F10 to F5
   save               will change from ALT+W to undefined
   linemark           will change from ALT+I to undefined
   linetotop          will change from CTRL+T to undefined
   leftsideofwindow   will change from SHIFT+HOME to undefined
   rightsideofwindow  will change from SHIFT+END to undefined
   createhorizwindow  will change from F3 to undefined
   createvertwin      will change from F4 to undefined
   deletewindow       will change from F5 to undefined

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