tmoody@sjuvax.UUCP (12/02/87)
First, thanks to Daniel Lawrence and Brandon for getting micro-emacs3.9
out to its admiring public.
Thanks also to the various (numerous) people who have given helpful
answers to the various questions that I have posted.
Now, more questions...
(1) I have compiled uEmacs3.9 using Microsoft C 4.0, with the /AL
switch, for the large memory model. This done, the linker choked on
DISPLAY.OBJ, complaining about an "invalid object module". So, for the
hell of it, I recompiled *just* DISPLAY.C using the /AH setting for the
huge memory model. Oddly, this worked (remember, I don't know what I'm
doing); the object files linked up and I got an .EXE file. And it loads
and runs just fine. Except... if I attempt to use the "emacs.rc" file,
and its associated .cmd files, I get a "stack overflow 2000" message,
and no loading. Does this mean that I should recompile everything with
the huge memory model?
(2) When I run uEmacs3.9 (w/o the .rc file, of course) under MS-DOS (I
am using a Zenith zfl-181, with 640K RAM), the shell commands (^X! and
^X@) don't work. The one that I am most interested in at this point is
^X!. When I try it, I simply get the [end] signal at the bottom of the
screen. I note that the shell commands work fine under BSD 4.3. Does
anyone else have this problem, and is it likely to be related to
question (1)?
Thanks in advance.
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Todd Moody * {allegra|astrovax|bpa|burdvax}!sjuvax!tmoody * SJU Phil. Dept.
"The wind is not moving. The flag is not moving. Mind is moving."sam@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu (Mr. Sam Moore) (12/02/87)
In article <1017@sjuvax.UUCP> tmoody@sjuvax.UUCP (T. Moody) writes: >Now, more questions... > >(1) I have compiled uEmacs3.9 using Microsoft C 4.0, with the /AL >switch, for the large memory model. This done, the linker choked on >DISPLAY.OBJ, complaining about an "invalid object module". So, for the >hell of it, I recompiled *just* DISPLAY.C using the /AH setting for the >huge memory model. Oddly, this worked (remember, I don't know what I'm >doing); the object files linked up and I got an .EXE file. And it loads >and runs just fine. Except... if I attempt to use the "emacs.rc" file, >and its associated .cmd files, I get a "stack overflow 2000" message, >and no loading. Does this mean that I should recompile everything with >the huge memory model? > Todd, I compiled MSC 4.0 large model without problems. You may try expanding the stack with exemod. >(2) When I run uEmacs3.9 (w/o the .rc file, of course) under MS-DOS (I >am using a Zenith zfl-181, with 640K RAM), the shell commands (^X! and >^X@) don't work. The one that I am most interested in at this point is >^X!. When I try it, I simply get the [end] signal at the bottom of the >screen. I note that the shell commands work fine under BSD 4.3. Does >anyone else have this problem, and is it likely to be related to >question (1)? > I have the same problem under MSDOS, so I don't think the two are related. I also have a question. Does ME 3.9e expand tabs to a user definable size? And if so, can it be set in the startup script file? Sam Moore NCSU Computing Center - Raleigh, NC sam@ncsuvx (internet) sam@ncsuvax (bitnet) samm@ncsuvm (bitnet)
nwd@j.cc.purdue.edu (Daniel Lawrence) (12/03/87)
In article <1017@sjuvax.UUCP> tmoody@sjuvax.UUCP (T. Moody) writes: >(1) I have compiled uEmacs3.9 using Microsoft C 4.0, with the /AL >switch, for the large memory model. > .........the shell commands (^X! and >^X@) don't work. Todd, This is my fault. I vastly re-wrote all the MSDOS spawning code to add the execute-program command which executes a program without the overhead of another copy of the command processor (I was using it in combination with some word processing software that ended up with 5 nested programs and 4 extra copies of command.com). I do not own the MSC compiler so I could not verify it under that. Patches to fix this have been coming in and I hope to post such in the not too distant future. However, if any MicroEMACS users out there want to make sure I can support MSC properly and want to purchase me one... I won't turn it down. BTW: MicroEMACS 3.9e and its docs are now available on j.cc.purdue.edu for anomynous ftp in the /usr/ftp/pub directory. [yea! thanks rsk] Progress report: I am coding MicroSCRIBE now. Looks like late spring early summer for the BETA release. Daniel Lawrence (317) 742-5153 UUCP: {ihnp4!pur-ee!}j.cc.purdue.edu!nwd ARPA: nwd@j.cc.purdue.edu FIDO: 201/2 The Programmer's Room (317) 742-5533