Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!mcnc!duke!khera From: khera@cs.duke.edu (Vivek Khera) Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh Subject: Re: Novice question about editing messages Message-ID: Date: 12 Apr 91 20:03:23 GMT References: <9103311147.AA22382%caligula@ansa.co.uk> <1991Apr10.230215.21858@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@duke.cs.duke.edu Organization: Duke University CS Dept., Durham, NC Lines: 25 Nntp-Posting-Host: thneed.cs.duke.edu In-reply-to: jbw@bigbird.bu.edu's message of 12 Apr 91 17:51:01 GMT In article jbw@bigbird.bu.edu (Joe Wells) writes: In article appel@xcf.Berkeley.EDU (Shannon D. Appel) writes: You just need to modify your .mh_profile by adding the following line: Editor: /usr/ucb/vi Can someone post the standard explanation for why this doesn't work with GNU Emacs? I've seen obscure references to this problem, but never the full explanation. And it's not in the FAQ yet. :-( Several of my users have complained about this not working. Since I don't use MH myself, I've never figured it out. :-) works for us. SunOS 4.1, MH 6.7.1. it has worked since MH 6.5 and SunOS 3.5. emacs version is 18.55. we don't supply the full pathname to emacs, just "Editor: emacs" works fine. i've never heard that this was a problem before (in 6 years of using MH...) -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vick Khera, Gradual Student/Systems Guy Department of Computer Science ARPA: khera@cs.duke.edu Duke University UUCP: ...!mcnc!duke!khera Durham, NC 27706 (919) 660-6528