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- From: syd@dsi.com (Syd Weinstein)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
- Subject: Re: Elm 2.4 PL20 anomalies (1. ispell, 2. ^D in ps docs)
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- Date: 22 Jan 93 01:11:26 GMT
- References: <1993Jan21.214447.630@gmuvax2.gmu.edu>
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- Organization: Datacomp Systems, Inc., Huntingdon Valley, PA
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- rjackson@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Richard L Jackson Jr) writes:
- >I just built and installed Elm 2.4 PL20 on a DECsystem 5900 running
- >Ultrix 4.3. I have installed ispell 3.0.9. I have noticed two
- >anomalies;
-
- >1. after composing a message and using i) (ispell), I noticed I must
- >hit return after the next command. It should not require a return
- >since that is the normal interface mechanism.
- This means you miscompiled ispell. Ispell is responsible for restoring
- the terminal permissions to what it found them on entry. Elm may have
- to get defensive about this, but I do know it is possible to compile
- ispell on Ultrix's to work correctly.
-
- >2. the elm.ps.tar.Z contains the PostScript version of the documentation
- >and man pages. This is great! Unfortunately, all of the files contain
- >a ^D (ascii 04) at the end of each file. Our DEC PrintServer 20 can
- >not handle ^D. I had to delete the line from each file. If the
- >^D does not serve a useful purpose, then please remove it.
- The ^D means end of job to most batch based postscript interpreters.
- At leasy my printer requires it, and since its my software that makes
- up the file, the file will contain what is needed for my printer :-).
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- Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP Elm Coordinator - Current 2.4PL20
- Datacomp Systems, Inc. Projected 3.0 Release: ??? ?,1994
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