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From: syd@dsinc.UUCP (Syd Weinstein)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Elm on PDP-11's
Message-ID: <83@dsinc.UUCP>
Date: 27 Feb 89 14:29:55 GMT
References: <780@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU>
Reply-To: syd@dsinc.UUCP (Syd Weinstein)
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In article <780@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> rhealey@ub.d.umn.edu (Rob Healey) writes:
>	   Hey guys! The shortnames file is at least 250 symbols off in
>	   2.1! My hands got tired adding all the symbols... OK, so now
>	   we've got all those long symbols fixed up.
The shortnames files in Elm 2.2 at least say at the top,
This file is obsolete and provided for reference only.  The Elm development
group is not attempting to keep the short identifiers working.  Due to 
how fast Elm changes, and the few systems out there with short identifiers.
There is a PD program called shortc that will automatically convert the
identifiers for you making up the file.  Someone just told me about it,
but I have never used it.

No one on the Elm group has a system that requires short identifiers
which makes it tougher to test that feature.  Also, if your system
is that old, many other features will also be missing making Elm harder
to install.

Elm 2.2 will not contain valid shortnames files either.

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