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From: umdhep@eneevax.UUCP (Todd Aven)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: GNU Emacs 18.32
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Date: Mon, 8-Dec-86 17:24:14 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  8 17:24:14 1986
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In article <8612071530.AA05381@EDDIE.MIT.EDU> rms@prep.ai.mit.edu (Richard M. Stallman) writes:
>GNU Emacs version 18.32 is now available for FTP from prep.ai.mit.edu.
>
>For VMS, it would be useful for people to write ways to send mail
>and list directories.  The spurious newline problems appear to be
>solved.

How have you solved the spurious newline problem? I believe that it is
in the VAX C runtime library. Are you reverting to Stream_LF files (the
current fix for 17.VMS-4), or was there some other solution?

In what sense do you want to send mail? It is trivial to prepare the
text and spawn a command to send it off. It seems that you want more.
If you give me more info, I'll volunteer. I might even try the listdir
problem, although I think the necessary pieces of code should exist
in 17.VMS-4 (I'll look).

How are subprocesses handled in 18? That is to say, do you use mailboxing
or pseudo-terminals? The pseudo-terminal solution in 17.VMS-4 is simply
excellent. I just wish VMS had DIRED!

Todd Aven
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