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From: tsf@theory.cs.cmu.edu (Timothy Freeman)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: X and gnu emacs problem
Message-ID: <1024@theory.cs.cmu.edu>
Date: Wed, 18-Mar-87 23:18:41 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 18 23:18:41 1987
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In article <1023@theory.cs.cmu.edu> dld@theory.cs.cmu.edu (David Detlefs) writes:
>However, when I attempt to
>do !"emacs &", nothing happens.  However, when I eventually kill uwm,
>I find I have started an emacs which I am plunked into.

Here's the line I use to start Gnu-emacs from my .uwmrc:

   !"xterm =10x10-1000-1000 -e emacs -w =143x68+0+0&"

The xterm window is positioned off the screen so I don't have to look
at it.  If I replace the xterm by a csh, everything works more or less
the same except that emacs frequently neglects to bring the screen up
to date when it should.  There are a lot of unknowns here that I
haven't explored, so I can't tell you much more than the fact that the
above incantation seems to work best.

I'm using XV10R4 from a Sun 3 running 4.2 Bsd release 3.0, if that
matters.

Tim Freeman

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