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From: QQ11@liverpool.ac.UK (Alan Thew)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh
Subject: Xmh problems on SPARCstation 1+
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Date: 12 Apr 91 15:33:33 GMT
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We have the standard X11R4 distribution from MIT (patch level 15 ish)
running on SPARCstation 1+'s, including xmh.

I normally run scan with my own formfile when running within a shell.
Although xmh displayed the ouput correctly, the "view next message" and
"view previous" commands along with using the mouse to select and read
tended to fail because it tried to read a non-existent file (file 0).
Once I used the default scan form file, all was OK.

The next problem was with the editor. I can live with it but _not_
without a META key. I'd read the manual on this, if only I knew which one
to read :-) . Anyone out there using xmh on SPARCstation who can tell
me? ( When will xmh allow me to choose my own editor btw? )

Thanks.

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