daemon@hplabsc.UUCP (05/06/87)
From: pixar!bp@hplabs.HP.COM (Bruce Perens) Subject: Elm bug report To: pyramid!hplabs!elm-info@hplabs.HP.COM Date: Tue, 5 May 87 19:09:10 PDT These are the quick changes I had to make so that Elm would run on my 4.3 VAX after I extracted Dave's patches. I make no claims of completeness or correctness. I am only posting these so that the people who DO have time to maintain Elm will know about them. There are other cosmetic and functional changes to make, but I doubt I'll ever have time to make them. Bruce Perens bp@pixar date.c line 102: Add a second close parenthesis to fix syntax error. leavembox.c line 12: Comment out #include <unistd.h>, define utimbuf structure. What Unix version contains unistd.h? What conditional should be used to switch this? showmsgs.c line 189: Delete the last %s in the printf pattern, as there isn't a corresponding argument for it.
daemon@hplabsc.UUCP (05/08/87)
Bugs I've run across, but not yet fixed. Anyone out there fixed these already?
1. In Expert mode, if there are 15 (or more) messages on a 24-line
screen, the "Command: " prompt sometimes gets put on the wrong
screen line (one up from where it belongs).
2. If you use the "O"ptions command to change the S)ort order to
"Message Status (tagged through deleted)" and then save the
options-- you will get the message "unknown sort order - status".
3. The two-line (default) message headers are preceeded by a ^M,
according to my pager (less). Looks cruddy (I turned 'em off, but I
kinda liked the info they provided).
And a couple of (desirable) enhancements:
A. Would like a sort order of:
1. Urgent, sorted by date sent
2. New, sorted by date sent
3. Tagged
4. Old
5. Deleted
B. Would like screen to automagically refresh upon return from BSD ^Z.
(Thanks for the code that fixed the RAW mode problems.)
C. Would like to have aliases expanded within "edit headers"
sub-section.
D. Elm should unlink() the temp files that the user's editor may have
created (esp. CCA/GNU emacs & jove). Guess it would just need to
unlink /tmp/snd.XXXX~ and /tmp/#snd.XXXX (and /tmp/snd.XXXX,*).
Probably just as well to just unlink /tmp/*snd.XXXX* after sending
the mail.
E. Full "ADVANCED" FORMS handling, anyone?
F. `answer' could be screen-oriented, with prompts for useful info:
WHILE YOU WERE OUT
To:
From:
Of:
Phone:
Called-At: DATE/TIME(provided)
Subject:
Action: Call Back: Will Call Again: Urgent: (etc)
G. `answer'/aliases should provide a means for users to "register" as
wanting electronic or paper WYWO messages ("answer joe"; "Joe not
in answer database- please use paper WYWO"). Would allow for those
(stubborn) users who read their mail less frequently than they pass
the receiptionists desk (especially if the receptionist is
attractive ;-)
I may or may not get around to any of these, but I figure making them public
might spur interest out there in Elms-ville.
All assistance Appreciated!
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In article <1759@hplabsc.HP.COM> harvard!adelie!barry@seismo.CSS.GOV (Barry A. Burke) writes: ... > B. Would like screen to automagically refresh upon return from BSD ^Z. I thought about putting in an ioctl() call to simulate ^L on return from ^Z. Problem is you can ^Z from states/modes to which sending ^L may either (a) do nothing, or (b) cause undesired action (e.g., ^Z from help and then return). Perhaps one fix is to make the builtin pager understand ^L. Mike Khaw -- internet: mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.arpa usenet: {hplabs|sun|ucbvax|decwrl|sri-unix}!mkhaw%teknowledge-vaxc.arpa USnail: Teknowledge Inc, 1850 Embarcadero Rd, POB 10119, Palo Alto, CA 94303
daemon@hplabsc.UUCP (06/12/87)
Here's my list of the bugs I've run into in Elm 1.5b
- doesn't parse termcap padding characters (esp. for standout mode)
- needs to use termcap "ti"/"te" if applicable (to force 1 page screen mode)
- needs a "copy" vs. "move" option instead of the current "save" (move) option
- needs shorthand for the "read" mailbox
- bounce option generates uucp bang sender address (we use Internet syntax).
- options menu needs to interpret csh "~" notation for Folder path
- builtin editor miscounts on ^U (kill line), backspacing 1 too many columns
- builtin editor thinks "(" ")" are shell metachars!
- mail-only mode needs to map \n to \r\n (turn on newline mapping)
- mail-only mode doesn't save copy in sent folder (doesn't read .elmrc)
- in mail-only mode, INTERRUPT forever gives a prompt to hit INTERRUPT once more
Mike Khaw
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