[6084] in Athena Bugs
vax 7.1H: OLC & SENDBUG vs EMACS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ringrose@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Fri Sep 21 11:16:32 1990
From: ringrose@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 90 11:16:13 EDT
System name: e40-008-7
Type and version: CVAXSTAR 7.1H (1 update(s) to same version)
Display type: SM
What were you trying to do?
Use OLC, and then use SENDBUG (to report the problem), through
the Emacs *shell* window (M-x shell)
What's wrong:
They aren't incredibly compatible. OLC works tolerably well, although
you have to be careful not to do anything which involvs editing. But
it consistently does annoying things such as not putting up a prompt.
SENDBUG didn't work at all - the first thing it tried to do was dump me
into Emacs, and Emacs' shell command can't handle that. Makes me wonder
if SENDBUG would work at all when the bug involved the editor, though.
What should have happened:
Alternative 1: I should have used ^z to suspend the Emacs process before
going into OLC and SENDBUG.
Alternative 2: They should be altered so that they are compatible, and
SENDBUG should probably have a line-input method of entering the
problem, in case the problem is the editor.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
Beats me. Good luck.
- Robert
(ringrose@ai)
