Arbortext Editor 5.2: FOSI in tagged mode read-only

Answered by: Janet Erickson and Richard Eardly Last Updated: 2006-09-19

=Question=

There have been numerous reports on the mailing list that in Arbortext Editor 5.2, opening a FOSI in tagged mode causes the document to appear as read-only.

=Janet Erickson answers=

I've also run into the issue in 5.2 that the tagged mode FOSI tells me it's read-only. The problem seems to be with the mapping of the Enter key - that always gives me the read-only message. I'm still using the 4.3 key mappings, though.

You can still insert elements into the tagged FOSI using the command line (e.g., "insert_tag e-i-c" or "it e-i-c") or by doing a copy/paste from other parts of the FOSI. Modifying attributes functions as expected.

=Richard Eardly has another workaround=

I have also found that if you open a FOSI (which appears as read-only) and modify attributes on any element (ctrl-d), then close the modify attributes dialog, you can then add elements normally.