[comp.windows.news] HyperNeWS1.3 startup problem

cary@SCRIPPS.EDU (Steve Cary) (03/17/90)

Well, I unbundled and tried to run it...   Got a strange error
that I can't figure out...  Any pointers would be most appreciated!!!

	-Steve Cary
	cary@scripps.edu
	Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA

Error Messages:::

  X11/NeWS: error in .user.ps
  X11/NeWS: initial operand stack not clear!
  X11/NeWS: initial dictionary stack not clear!
  
Environment:::
HOME=/benden/cary
SHELL=/bin/csh
TERM=sun-cmd
USER=cary
PATH=/bin:/benden/cary/bin:/usr/hosts:/usr/local/GoodNeWS1.3/bin:/usr/local/HyperNeWS1.3/bin:/usr/local/OpenWindows1.0/bin:/usr/local/frame2.0/bin:/usr/local/misc/bin:/usr/local/news/bin:/usr/local/rcs/bin:/usr/local/transcript/bin:/usr/local/OpenWindows1.0/bin/xview:/usr/local/OpenWindows1.0/demo:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/new:/usr/etc:/etc:.:/usr/games
LOGNAME=cary
PWD=/benden/cary
FMHOME=/usr/local/frame2.0
OPENWINHOME=/usr/local/OpenWindows1.0
GNHOME=/usr/local/GoodNeWS1.3
HNHOME=/usr/local/HyperNeWS1.3
MANPATH=/usr/local/OpenWindows1.0/share/man:/usr/local/GoodNeWS1.3/man:/usr/local/OpenWindows1.0/man:/usr/local/rcs/man:/usr/local/transcript/man:/usr/share/man
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/OpenWindows1.0/lib:/usr/lib
XNEWSHOME=/usr/local/OpenWindows1.0
XVIEWHOME=/usr/local/OpenWindows1.0
HELPDIR=/usr/local/OpenWindows1.0/lib/help
WMGR_ENV_PLACEHOLDER=/dev/win1
WINDOW_PARENT=/dev/win0
NEWSSERVER=3223999020.2000;benden
DISPLAY=unix:0
XSERVER=/tmp/.X11-unix/X0

barnett@crdgw1.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) (03/22/90)

In article <9003162315.AA09014@benden.scripps.edu>, cary@SCRIPPS (Steve Cary) writes:
>  X11/NeWS: error in .user.ps
>  X11/NeWS: initial operand stack not clear!
>  X11/NeWS: initial dictionary stack not clear!

As I recall, the sample .user.ps file  looks at the stack of
dictionaries and pops off all that are loaded.

This strikes me as being kludgy, because if you begin a dictionary
and then append the HyperNews .user.ps, it will pop off it's
dictionaries and yours as well.

In any case NeWS 20.0 detects when something is left on the stack
after executing the .user.ps file and warns you that things aren't
nested correctly.


Eyeball your .user.ps again. Do you get the error when you use their
.user.ps as originally provided?

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Bruce G. Barnett	<barnett@crd.ge.com>   uunet!crdgw1!barnett