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From: mdc@mcp.entity.com (Marty Connor)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: GNU emacs on UNIX V.3/80386, minor problems
Message-ID: <168@mcp.entity.com>
Date: 21 Apr 88 12:48:32 GMT
References: <201@aragorn.UUCP>
Lines: 34
Keywords: GNU emacs 80386
Summary: -O considered sophmoric

In article <201@aragorn.UUCP>, jdh@aragorn.UUCP (jim harriger) writes:
> 	if there is anybody out there running GNU emacs on System V.3/386,
> i could use your help.

> 	1) frequently, when doing filename completion in the minibuf, emacs
> 		will freak-out on me.  it repeatedly prints "Modification-flag cleared"

We had some troubles like this when we first compiled it;  It would
seem to have something to do with the optimizer, because the problem
when away when we re-compiled without the -O option.  This is of
course not the best answer, but may get the behaviour you desire.

> 	2) if i do a lot of filename completion operations that require emacs to
> 		open a directory and print me a list of the possible filenames,
> 		after some time, emacs runs out of file descriptors, and cannot
> 		open any more files.  looking at the user structure with crash shows
> 		6-8 open files.  

This one I didn't notice;  try removing "-O" from your options if
you're using it and re-compile the whole thing.

> 	btw, i'd like to thank whoever it was out there who finally made unexec
> work on UNIX V.3/386.  thanks, whoever you are!

Gary Byers (gb@entity.com) did our unexec for SCO Xenix 386.  It was
included with release 18.50 with some minor changes.

Hope this helps you get going.  I am composing this message on a Wyse
386 box running SCO Xenix 2.2.1.

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