MS-DOS Editor Problem

[BigDaddyCool]

I'm not quite sure if this is the right forum to post this so apologies in
advance.

Anyway, when I launch cmd.exe and type in EDIT at the command line to launch
the MS-DOS Editor, the editor launches, but it does not recognize any mouse
clicks. So I can't access the menus or anything using the mouse. The cursor
moves, it just doesn't respond to any clicks. Why is it doing this?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I'm not quite sure if this is the right forum to post this so
apologies in advance.

Anyway, when I launch cmd.exe and type in EDIT at the command line
to launch the MS-DOS Editor, the editor launches, but it does not
recognize any mouse clicks. So I can't access the menus or anything
using the mouse. The cursor moves, it just doesn't respond to any
clicks. Why is it doing this?

Why the DOS editor over notepad or wordpad? (What are you hoping to
gain/not to lose?)

I have the same thing in my Windows XP DOS EDIT - but my Windows Vista one
works as you would think it would.

 

[BigDaddyCool]

I actually first encountered the problem when I tried to run RHIDE, a
DOS-based IDE for DJGPP. Then I realized that the same problem occurred when
running the MS-DOS Editor as well.

 

[Ian D]

I'm not quite sure if this is the right forum to post this so apologies in
advance.

Anyway, when I launch cmd.exe and type in EDIT at the command line to
launch
the MS-DOS Editor, the editor launches, but it does not recognize any
mouse
clicks. So I can't access the menus or anything using the mouse. The
cursor
moves, it just doesn't respond to any clicks. Why is it doing this?

I have found that in Cmd Edit, you can only move the cursor in written
text lines. It can't be moved to empty areas of the window. However, I
can click to select text for editing, etc., and access the menus. You must
have something else running in the background that's intercepting the
mouse clicks. Moving the cursor and clicking are two completely separate
functions in hardware and software. That's why you can still move the
cursor on an otherwise unresponsive, locked up system.

 

[3c273]

Use the ALT key to highlight the menu, then press the key corresponding to
the menu you want to use. (ALT-F will drop down the File menu.)
Louis

 

[ju.c]

... the editor launches, but it does not recognize the mouse ...

Your version of "edit.com" is not mouse compatible. Search for one that is.