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1103 -    ..
1104 - Summary/Objective
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110501 - Follow up ref SDS 10 0000. ref SDS 9 0000.
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110508 -  ..
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1108 - Progress
1109 -
110901 - Did not have problems using Ekiga and Realtec for telephone support
110902 - this evening; did not not need to configure Netgear with instructions
110903 - in the record on 090131. ref SDS 7 6Y4L
110905 -  ..
110906 - On 090318 planned to build an ascii file that lists commands for the
110907 - new editor. ref SDS 10 JY33
110909 -  ..
110910 - This evening got the following immed commands working so can set up a
110911 - partial profile for the editor....
110912 -
110913 -         immed r
110914 -         immed rr
110915 -         immed /
110916 -         immed d
110917 -         immed dd
110918 -         immed c
110919 -         immed cc
110920 -         immed m
110921 -         immed mm
110922 -         immed t
110924 -  ..
110925 - Morris changed up and down commands to scroll the file in the
110926 - directions used in the current program.  They were initially the
110927 - opposite of current use.
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120402 - Engineering Management Problems Finding Reasons Prior Code
120403 -
120404 - Had to correct several problems with code previously developed,
120405 - because the approach taken initially turned to out to conflict with
120406 - requirements to integate new code.
120408 -  ..
120409 - On 990525 Morris' letter explained engineers don't like to write,
120410 - focus is on "doing the work," ref SDS 2 0966, so nobody invests time
120411 - to create a well ordered record, discussed the day before on 990524,
120412 - ref SDS 1 0876, and called out in POIMS. ref OF 9 XX6N
120414 -  ..
120415 - This evening, there was a lot of difficulty finding code to correct
120416 - problems, because there is no index in the Java Medit code files with
120417 - links to various features.  This was a problem Morris had with the
120418 - assembly code that led him to want use Java by starting with a fresh
120419 - set of code that would be easy to understand, at least in the
120420 - beginning.  Now the code is complex, and the only way to find anything
120421 - is to rely on memory.
120423 -  ..
120424 - Morris said that Java enables program engineers to list pending tasks
120425 - in the software code, for efficient project management.
120427 -  ..
120428 - Asked how many tasks are currently listed.
120430 -  ..
120431 - Morris said that so far it has not been necessary to list anything,
120432 - because at the time issues arrise, it seems unnecessary to list issues
120433 - that are well known.
120435 -  ..
120436 - Reviewed Morri's report today that he finding code to make corrections
120437 - is difficult and takes a lot of time.
120439 -  ..
120440 - Morris then entered a task he feel needs to be performed in the Java
120441 - project management system.
120442 -
120443 -            [On 090327 0948 Gary mentioned that Java has good project
120444 -            maangement tools built into the system. ref SDS 11 JJ3J
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120447 -  ..
120448 - Morris also set up a feature for Medit to call profile automatically,
120449 - if it exits.
120451 -  ..
120452 - Since profile has never been used for SDS, the current program works
120453 - like the current version.  We can bypass the profile, simply by not
120454 - creating the file.
120456 -  ..
120457 - Worked on file and save commands.
120458 -
120459 -        file
120460 -        save
120461 -        quit
120462 -        savx.......................... ref OF 1 QXTS
120463 -        savc.......................... ref OF 1 R47G
120464 -        pfu
120465 -        pfd
120466 -        pfe
120467 -        pf10
120468 -        pfinsw........................ ref OF 2 3536 and ref OF 1 4966
120469 -        pfinsw1.......................        "               "
120471 -  ..
120472 - Decided we don't need savc, because the new program will support long
120473 - filenames.
120475 -  ..
120476 - PF10 is a problem, because it calls a "File" menu feature Morris
120477 - included in the Java version of Medit.  Morris investigted and
120478 - reported PF10 calling a file menu is an international standard.  He
120479 - was adament that such standards can be effectively applied to save
120480 - lives, time, and money, but could explain how this would improve SDS.
120481 - He said all software programs must assign PF10 to the function
120482 - Microsoft uses.
120484 -  ..
120485 - We looked at several Microsoft programs, i.e., programs that run on
120486 - Microsoft windows.  Pccilin is a virus protection program, and it does
120487 - not call a File menu function when PF10 is hit.
120489 -  ..
120490 - Morris said Pf10 and other function keys are trapped by Microsoft
120491 - and/or Linux and Unix operating systems.  He said nobody uses function
120492 - keys, so it doesn't matter.  Morris recalled there was an
120493 - international conference.  Everybody agreed that certain function keys
120494 - would be reserved for something.  Morris proposes changing SDS to work
120495 - like Micorsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, etc., that everybody is familiar
120496 - using.
120498 -  ..
120499 - We reviewed advantages programming software that makes working
120500 - intelligently fast and easy to avoid mistakes and discover opportunity
120501 - in time to be effective, explained in POIMS, ref OF 7 ZC6N  The
120502 - 8-steps of Communication Metrics, also listed in POIMS, ref OF 10
120503 - 685K, require ergonomic assignment of function keys using left and
120504 - right hands for executing commands.  This is essential for
120505 - transformation from reliance on information (currently suffering a
120506 - worldwide meltdown) to a culture of knowledge. ref OF 10 6M5H
120508 -  ..
120509 - Morris investigated further.  He tried to program the code to assign
120510 - PF10 according to SDS standards for Knowledge Management.
120512 -  ..
120513 - There is a similar problems with the Insert key.  Morris wants SDS to
120514 - open Medit and SDS with insert on, rather than off, as used the past
120515 - 20 years.  Having Insert "on" causes big problems using SDS.  Morris
120516 - feels using SDS the people use other software will make working
120517 - intelligently faster and easier performing the eight (8) steps of
120518 - Communication Metrics.  There is no experience supporting this
120519 - proposition.
120521 -  ..
120522 - After he completed work and submitted the updated code about midnight,
120523 - and then went to bed, testing shows pf10 still doesn't work.
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120525 -        [On 090331 0630 had same problem with pa7. ref SDS 12 XN4F;
120526 -        seemed to eventually get pf10 and pa7 to work correctly, but
120527 -        evidently only for Microsoft; there may be further problems
120528 -        with Unix. ref SDS 12 PA4L
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