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From: pjr@cgdisis.ucar.edu
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: elm bug on suns?
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Date: 20 Oct 89 15:01:03 GMT
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I am having a problem with elm 2.2 patch level 7 
in the following configuration:
editor: emacs version 18.53
machine: sun 4 running 4.0.3
mailing agent: sendmail

The problem occurs maybe 10 percent of the time I go through the
following scenario:

1.) enter elm from the shell script to mail TO someone
2.) it puts me in emacs, I edit for awhile, then may go edit some other files,
    finally return to my mail file, write it, and exit.
3.) elm displays the message
    ``cannot invoke editor: /usr/local/bin/emacs''
    instead of the prompt to send, edit, forget etc.
4.) elm returns me to the shell, doesn't send the message,
    and the temporary file is gone.

The same problem was described by John Stephens, and Steve Freed in
earlier postings (ie. #2091) to this newsgroup. Also with Suns (but
not a sun 4), and they were using vi. I did not see a fix described in
later articles. I have written to them but did not get a response. Does 
someone have a fix? Would more recent patches help?



Thanks in advance

Phil Rasch (National Center for Atmospheric Research, 303-497-1368)

internet: pjr@cgdra.ucar.edu
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Philip Rasch
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