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From: kevin@cfctech.cfc.com (Kevin Darcy)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Cannot invoke editor emacs
Message-ID: <21551@cfctech.cfc.com>
Date: 13 Apr 90 21:52:41 GMT
References: <1999@loria.crin.fr> <8700001@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: kevin@cfctech.cfc.com (Kevin Darcy)
Organization: Chrysler Financial Corp., Southfield, MI
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In article <8700001@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> gupta@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
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>> When replying to a mail, I quit emacs after having written my reply
>> and then I am told "cannot invoke editor emacs" or something like that
>> and whoops, elm is quit. I don;t find any trace of my reply, neither
>
>I have a similar problem with vi. It says 'cannot invoke editor /usr/ucb/vi'
>My message is then lost. Help!

Just for the record, this has also happened to me twice, /usr/bin/vi on 
a AT&T 3B2/1000 Model 80, SysVr3.2.2

Looks like it's not OS- or editor-dependent. Elm 2.3t PL38.

P.S. Syd: The sorting/date-munging problem has not reappeared since I upgraded
          my patch level. Thanks.
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