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From: keith@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Keith Packard)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: xmh vs. xdm?
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Date: 30 Nov 89 17:02:01 GMT
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> This may sound bizarre, but ever since I started using `xdm', `xmh' acts
> like it's gotten a lobotomy.  Most of the time it comes up and claims my
> inbox folder is completely empty (!!!).  Every once in a while it comes
> up properly (with a `rescanning inbox' pop-up), but even then, when new
> mail comes in, hitting `Incorporate new mail' returns immediately (!!!),

Sounds like your path isn't getting set correctly to me; xdm starts up your
.xsession file, but doesn't even read your .cshrc file for you.  I made my
.xsession file a csh script (bleah) which sources ~/.cshrc before starting
xmh.  This way, I can get PATH pointing at the mh executables which xmh
uses.  I suspect the additional 'source ~/.cshrc' is not needed, but my PMAX
executes it so quickly that I've never tried removing it...

Keith Packard
MIT X Consortium

(.xsession file:)

#!/bin/csh -f
source ~/.cshrc
xrdb -load $HOME/.../Xres
...
xmh &
...