[2087] in testers
Re: Vax 7.4E xmh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mary E. Gibson)
Thu Jun 11 23:07:21 1992
To: testers@Athena.MIT.EDU
Cc: mgibson@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 23:06:16 EDT
From: Mary E. Gibson <mgibson@Athena.MIT.EDU>
Ezra,
I WILL USE MH A COUPLE OF TIMES A DAY, WHILE RUNNING XMH, AND KNOW TO
EXPECT RESCANNING WHEN I GO BACK TO IT (XMH). MOST INSTANCES THAT THE
RESCANNING HAS TAKEN PLACE HAve HAPPENED WHEN I'M EITHER MOVING THE MOUSE
OVER SOME OF THE BUTTONS, PAGING UP OR DOWN IN A SPECIFIC FOLDER, OR
BY SOME OTHER EVENT I HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT YET.
>What's wrong:
> Constant rescanning of directories - particularly the drafts folder
Do you use MH (comp and the like) at the same time?
THIS RESCANNING BEGAN YESTERDAY AFTER MY WORKSTATION TOOK THE UPDATE
(THANKS TO KIM'S HELP). NO, I GENERALLY VIEW THE FOLDER I'M WORKING IN.
THE RESCANNING IS TAKING PLACE IN OTHER FOLDERS TOO, NOT JUST DRAFTS.
Do have the viewer set to viewing the drafts folder at the same time you
are editing messages? What might be happening is Xmh is being more
paranoid about keeping the display up to date. Unless I understand your
usage pattern, I cannot reproduce the problem.
I ASKED AROUND THE 3RD FLOOR OF BLDG 11 BEFORE I SENT MY MESSAGE TO
SENDBUG AND KEVIN IS THE ONLY OTHER PERSON UP HERE WHO USES XMH. HE IS
HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, AND HE SAID HE DOESN'T HAVE A "DRAFTS" FOLDER.
IT'S HAPPENING TO HIM A LOT IN THE INBOX. IT EVEN HAPPENED WHILE I WAS
TYPING IN A NEW MESSAGE WINDOW, MID-PARAGRAPH.
I have tried everything I can think of, but the behavior is as I would
expect it.
I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO SHOW THIS TO SOMEONE ON FRIDAY IF THAT'LL HELP.
COULD THIS HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY ALL THE PROBLEMS WITH THE NETWORK
CONNECTIONS?
THANKS,
MARY
