[20013] in Athena Bugs
Re: sun4 9.0.21: panel (xfig)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Abby Fox)
Mon Nov 19 13:06:09 2001
Message-Id: <200111191806.NAA00736@whirlwind.mit.edu>
To: emarcus@MIT.EDU
cc: golem@MIT.EDU, bugs@MIT.EDU
In-reply-to: Message from Chris Laas <golem@MIT.EDU>
received Mon, 19 Nov 2001 01:50:05 +0000
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 13:06:06 -0500
From: Abby Fox <ajfox@MIT.EDU>
Exports should be working properly now when you launch xfig from the
panel menu. (Thanks, Chris.)
--Abby
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Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 01:50:05 +0000 ( )
From: Chris Laas <golem@MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: xfig
To: ajfox@mit.edu
cc: bug-sipb@mit.edu
Hi,
I've written such a wrapper script, and the problem should go away when
the sipb locker is released tonight.
- --Chris, for the SIPB
On 18 Nov, Abby Fox wrote:
>>From bugs[20007]:
>
> Users trying to run xfig through the panel menus are unable to
> export files.
>
> This is because the menus use athrun to launch locker software, and xfig
> as currently installed can't locate fig2dev without the sipb bin dir in
> the path.
>
> Can you reconfigure xfig to work under athrun? (The immediate
> workaround for the menus would be to switch to an xfig wrapper script
> that frobs the path, but putting that into the menu config area rather
> than the sipb locker seems wrong.)
>
> --Abby
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