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From: tktk@physics.att.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: NeWS problems
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Date: 15 Dec 88 11:05:19 GMT
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 56, message 4 of 14

I've been running NeWS on a Sun4 for a couple of months now and yes there
are some real problems - but in general I've been real happy. 

Can't help you with your broken locks but your image problem is probably
due to the fact that currentfile is not properly defined under psview - I
called this one in and got an "understanding" that it would be fixed in
the next release.

Yes, there is definitly an "experimental" flavor to this release, on the
other hand I have written a fairly extensive scientific application using
the litewin.ps and liteitem.ps objects and find the development
environment very pleasant.  I've also put the client code (the source for
this side comes on the NeWS tape) on a VAX running 4.2 and an Alliant with
almost no modification.  That's at least a small testimony to it's
portability.

Now a question: Is there any way to get in touch with the news-interest
group at sun.com?  I can get to the news-archive but my mail to
news-interest keeps getting bounced as "user unknown".

Terry Kovacs