Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!image.soe.clarkson.edu!news From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: FREEMACS Message-ID: Date: 1 Dec 89 14:24:59 GMT References: <7250@hubcap.clemson.edu> Sender: news@sun.soe.clarkson.edu Reply-To: nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu Distribution: usa Organization: Clarkson University, Potsdam NY Lines: 40 In-reply-to: drcook@hubcap.clemson.edu's message of 30 Nov 89 12:39:36 GMT In article <7250@hubcap.clemson.edu> drcook@hubcap.clemson.edu (david richard cook) writes: From article , byrodney@sun.ipl.rpi.edu (Rodney Peck II): > I have a similar problem--it's one of those things that you keep > meaning to find out about, but never get around to.... Freemacs > just bombs and locks the whole computer every now and then. It > beeps and dies. Usually when I type a bad key sequence or look > for a file or execute a complex function or something like that. > The pc I'm using is some sort of 10mhz XT clone if that makes a > difference. -- Rodney I do believe that Freemacs has a definite compatibility problem. I have tried to use it on an AT&T PC-6300 and haven't gotten it to do anything but crash the machine. Hearing all these bug reports (for the first time), I don't wonder if my bell-ringing code isn't still screwed up. You see, I *really* munged PCs and XTs with Freemacs 1.5e -- ringing the bell crashed the machine. There was no trouble with ATs because they refresh the memory differently. I thought that Freemacs 1.5f fixed that problem, but perhaps not? For anyone who's having troubles with Freemacs 1.5f, please change to a visual bell and see if your troubles go away. To do this: Use M-x options-edit. Change the bell-pitch to -1. This will disable the bell-ringing code and enable the visual bell code. Hopefully this will end the crashes. Keep in touch -- Freemacs is reliable for me, and I want it to be reliable for you. -- --russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu]) Live up to the light thou hast, and more will be granted thee. A recession now appears more than 2 years away -- John D. Mathon, 4 Oct 1989. I think killing is value-neutral in and of itself. -- Gary Strand, 8 Nov 1989. Liberals run this country, by and large. -- Clayton Cramer, 20 Nov 1989. Shut up and mind your Canadian business, you meddlesome foreigner. -- TK, 23 N. Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com