Accidental Exit from Reflection
If you use Reflection for DOS, and you press Alt-X while in Visual mode, some versions of Reflection allow you to recover.
Get back into Reflection. Your usual method is okay, unless you use a command file that performs other deeds, such as logging you on. A command file would send the logon commands to a puzzled Qedit session, so use “r1″ at the DOS prompt instead. Back in Reflection again, press Alt-M for the Modes function keys. Ensure that none of the labels on the display show an asterisk (i.e., are activated) except for the Remote Mode key.
Press Return or Enter — Qedit accepts either one. If you’re back in your Visual mode session, Qedit prints the status line with an error. It might be No // at the end, so no UPDATE (see qscreen) or maybe Read error on CRT. Try again or reduce speed. Type an asterisk after the home line arrow (===>), and press F7. If the function keys are properly defined for Qedit, your file appears. Any changes you made to the screen between your last update and the time you pressed Alt-X are lost. The qscreen file is of no use in this case. Sometimes Qedit is slow to display the status line and error message. If you see some flashing on the screen that hints at activity, be patient. But if nothing happens when you press F7, or if random characters appear right after the asterisk, it probably means that F7 is not defined properly. But we can fix that.
Display the menu to define the function keys by pressing Ctrl-F9. To set these back to the default values, press F3. The labels become F1, F2, F3… Press F9 to activate the changes and go back to your regular screen. Pressing F7 should now work; then press Return. Qedit may display an error message, such as “UNKNOWN COMMAND NAME”, but you will still get your file back. Again, changes to the screen after the last update will have vanished.
In the worst case, you will not be able to recover. Log on from scratch. When you open your file, Qedit will display the message: Warning: Recovery. Your file will be current up to your last update.