Re: OG Questions

William Tanksley (wtanksle@ucsd.edu)
Sat, 11 May 1996 21:04:51 -0400

In article <199604261048.TAA11972@skyhawk.asahi-net.or.jp>, you wrote:

>Questions:
>1) When you begin to edit a note and decide you don't want
>to save the changes, is the a way to cancel the editing?
>It doesn't seem like there is one :-(

You're right, there isn't. :(

>2) Does writing notes in the larger font increase the amount of
>memory needed to save the data all? I would say no but want to
>be sure. I find the small font a little difficult to read
>in a lot of the lighting conditions I am regularly in.

There shouldn't be a difference. No, I've never measured it, but unless HP
did something really stupid, the storage is exactly the same.

>4) Is there a limit to the size of a file OGEDIT can open? I tried
>opening a 28k text file and the OG totally hang. Had to stick a
>paperclip in the reset "hole". I tried to open the file a couple
>of times with the same result. I ended up moving the file to my
>PC and splitting it into 5k chunks.

You might check the file for a ^Z at the end. A lot of DOS files end with
that, and I've had reports that some Omnigo editors can't handle it.
Strange, the PC-Geos text editors have no trouble.

>I know there is a "Touch screen to turn on" option but I
>thought I ha read that this caused faster battery drain.
>I would appreciate any details on this before decided whether
>to use it. It is quite a nice option to have.

It munches batteries, and what's worse, it changes the power curve so that
the OG runs out of energy before it gets a chance to notice and warn you.
Bad.

>William

-Billy
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