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From: cjosta@tasu77.UUCP (Jonathan Sweedler)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mush
Subject: instant notification of new mail in curses mode
Keywords: new mail
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Date: 7 May 89 06:23:49 GMT
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Reply-To: cjosta@tasu77.UUCP (Jonathan Sweedler)
Organization: National Semiconductor (IC) Ltd, Israel
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I am running mush on a sun console.  I originally used the tool
interface to mush, but discovered that this interface lacks A LOT of
the functionality of the curses interface.  I found that I actually
prefer the curses interface.  The only problem with this interface is
that I no longer get instant notification of my incoming mail.  The way
I am running mush now is to open a shelltool in which I only run mush
i.e. I always have a mush window (similar to using the tool interface)
but this mush window uses the curses interface.  I can change my icon
on this window to be a mailbox, but mush, of course, doesn't put the
flag up when new mail arrives.  Is there anyway to change this easily?

I think it would be useful if there was some way to tell mush to print a 
string out (this would allow me to change my icon) or run a program when
new mail arrives.  

Also, something that I noticed from the very early days of mush.  If you
are running mush in curses mode and the cursor is an inverse bar and is
resting on a mail message that does not fill the line (i.e. there are
blank spaces on the right side of the cursor) and you suspend mush
with a ^Z and then resume it, the blank spaces on the right side of the
screen stay highlighted even after you move the cursor onto another 
mail message.

Oh, by the way.  The new editing features of outgoing mail are great!
Jonathan Sweedler  ===  National Semiconductor Israel
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