kak@hico2.UUCP (Kris A. Kugel) (04/29/91)
I haven't had time to investigate this further, if I do,
I'll post the results.
I'm using sc 6.8 .
When I try to move around a file using one of the curser keys,
sc dumps core. Other of the cursor keys work fine.
This WAS 100% reproducable before I started writing
this article; just now I couldn't get it to happen.
The symptoms are that I'm adding to the end of a fairly
large spreadsheet. By large I mean 174 rows x 5 columns,
3 of which are numbers (like 22.125), one text (a date: 05/15/90),
and one sparse text (occasionally says "holiday").
I use, say, the up arrow key to try to move to a different cell.
I get the message "core dumped", and lose all my changes.
I'm left with my tty in noecho, etc. state.
One time, one arrow key worked, and another dumped core
on the next keypress.
$Revision: 6.8 $
/usr/local/bin/sc: mc68k executable [68010] [float-soft] {shared library}\
(shared demand paged)
-rwxr-xr-x 1 kak users 177000 Feb 7 12:50 /usr/local/bin/sc
677 2713 13292 data.sc
Has anybody else run into something like this?
Kris A. Kugel
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internet: kak@hico2.westmark.comjik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) (04/29/91)
I would encourage you to get the most recent version of sc and check if the
problems persist in that version before spending any time tracking them down.
The most recent version of sc available is 6.14.
It is available from the following locations:
1) (FTP) jpd@usl.edu James Dugal
pc.usl.edu
2) (UUCP) marc@dumbcat.sf.ca.us (Marco S Hyman)
dumbcat Any ACU 9600 14157850194 "" \d\r in:--in: nuucp word: guest
dumbcat Any ACU 2400 14157850194 "" \d\r in:-BREAK-in: nuucp word: guest
dumbcat Any ACU 1200 14157850194 "" \d\r in:-BREAK-in:-BREAK-in: nuucp word: guest
Note: dumbcat speaks 9600 at V.32 -- sorry, this is not a Telebit modem.
(Grab dumbcat!~/INDEX for a complete list)
3) or from here: (a brand new Telebit T2500)
sawmill Any ACU 9600 13174746472 "" \d\r in:--in: nuucp word: UUCP
Request: uucp sawmill!~/sc614.cpio.Z !~ (142986 bytes)
Or for Sc6.13 to Sc6.14 patches: uucp sawmill!~/Scpch613-614.Z !~
(5413 bytes)
Note that even if you don't have Internet access, you *can* get to anonymous
ftp archive sites, using the bitftp server on pucc.princeton.edu. Send mail
to "bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu" with body "help" for more information.
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Office: 617-253-8085 Home: 617-782-0710dnichols@ceilidh.beartrack.com (DoN Nichols) (04/30/91)
In article <1568@hico2.UUCP> kak@hico2.westmark.com writes: >I haven't had time to investigate this further, if I do, >I'll post the results. > >I'm using sc 6.8 . >When I try to move around a file using one of the curser keys, >sc dumps core. Other of the cursor keys work fine. I'm using sc 6.1, and haven't seen such a problem, though I haven't been working on spreadsheets of this size. Maybe what you need is to drop back to an earlier version. Good Luck DoN. -- Donald Nichols (DoN.) | Voice (Days): (703) 664-1585 D&D Data | Voice (Eves): (703) 938-4564 Disclaimer: from here - None | Email: <dnichols@ceilidh.beartrack.com> --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero ---