Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ogicse!schaefer
From: schaefer@ogicse.ogi.edu (Barton E. Schaefer)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mush
Subject: Re: Compose window of mush 7.0.4?
Message-ID: <7763@ogicse.ogi.edu>
Date: 6 Mar 90 17:48:35 GMT
References: <5092@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU>
Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute (formerly OGC), Beaverton, OR
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In article <5092@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> olender@sor.CS.ColoState.Edu (Kurt Olender) writes:
} Every so often, the button bar on the compose window of mush 7.0.4
} gets confused and displays the "compose/reply" screen when it should
} be displaying the "include/send/etc" screen.

The problem is related to mush forking a child process to send mail,
which then forks again and execs sendmail -- the child then passes the
message to the "grandchild" sendmail.  This is done so the "parent" mush
can continue responding to user input without waiting for the sendmail
process to finish.  Unfortunately, the child still holds a descriptor
to the frame, and blithely resets the panel image before exiting.

The workaround is to repaint the display (the root menu "Redisplay All"
choice if nothing else works).

} Is there a fix in the works?

A fix has been made, this will be handled correctly in the next release.
-- 
Bart Schaefer          "EARTH: Surrender IMMEDIATELY or we PICKLE DAN QUAYLE"

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