[3349] in Athena Bugs
xmh drops sequence information rtpc 6.3B afs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (geer@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Oct 4 09:10:21 1989
From: geer@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 89 09:10:07 -0400
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
i mistakenly pasted an xmh scan line into the [subject] box
of a pick.
this resulted in a bit of flashing of the pick box as it
readjusted to horizontal scrolling. i then used the ^A^K
directive to remove the entry, but the box remained the
giant size. into that box, i typed the word ``account'',
and proceeded to do the pick. this resulted in a popup
error window:
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
| pick command returned: |
| |
| pick: field name "" exceeds 127 bytes |
| pick: /mit/geer/Mail/inbox/.mh_sequences is poorly formatted |
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
so, let's look at that .mh_sequences file:
athena% od /mit/geer/Mail/inbox/.mh_sequences
0000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000 000000
*
0000504
i.e. it is a pile of nul's. unfortunately, it used to house
about 10 various sequences, all now lost as well.
---> as some of these sequences were handcrafted, and as one was
pending correspondence-not-yet-answered, this bug will cost me
real work to recover from, if indeed i can. <---
--dan
