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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:STAR::VATNE
Created:Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3726
Total number of notes:19516

173.0. "Problem starting mail from "dxue" (fileview under Ultrix)" by ISLAV::OLAV (Do it in parallel!) Thu Feb 09 1989 16:24

When I try to start dxmail from dxue I get the following message:

usage: decxmail [display] [=geometry]

The command used is "exec usr/bin/dxmail"

If I start it from csh it works fine. Other applications also work.

Any ideas?

Olav
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173.1are you running SDC software?MTA::GRAHAMthe beat is tough and jazzyThu Feb 09 1989 22:1220
    
    Works fine here.  It looks to me like your command line should
    read "exec /usr/bin/dxmail", *not* "exec usr/bin/dxmail".         
    Verify this by selecting "Edit Menus" from the "Customize"
    pulldown entry - Then click on "Applications" from the "Menu
    Profile" selection.  This will cause all customized applications
    to be displayed in the "Menu Items" selection.  Finally, the
    correct command syntax can be verified by selecting "Mail" from
    the "Menu Items" and then checking the "Associated Command..."
    line to see if it read  "exec /usr/bin/dxmail".
    
    I hope the above "nonsense" helps ;-)  To late to be writing good
    English.
    
    Also, make sure /usr/new/mh (needed to invoke mail handler) is
    inserted, as a path in your .login (home directory) file.
    
    								kris..
173.2Working nowISLAV::OLAVDo it in parallel!Fri Feb 10 1989 05:4617
The command was "exec /usr/bin/dxmail", sorry for the typing error. I got it
working by changing the command to "dxmail".

Another thing I noticed was that sending eight-bit characters to VMS gets
truncated to seven bit!

After using DECwindows mail under VMS for a period of time, I found "dxmail" to
be quite different (not better!). Wasn't the goal to produce applications
under DECwindows that is identical (at least 90% equal)? "dxue" is also quite
different from "Fileview" (not counting the neccessary differences in
terminology because of the different operation system).

According to the person that installed Ultrix we should be running the SDC
version.

Olav
173.3You probably ran into a known bugFLUME::dikeFri Feb 10 1989 08:448
There is a magic switch that dxue uses to communicate selected files to processes
that want to know about them.  Unfortunately, if you have files selected, dxue
adds this switch to the command line without checking to see if the process
wanted it.  Things like dxmail see this, don't fully understand what's going on
and exit with a usage message.  The workaround is to not have any files selected
when you fire off random applications.
				Jeff
173.4dxue notesfile?MOSAIC::SLICKFri Feb 10 1989 09:345
    Is there a dxue notesfile somewhere?  I have some questions about
    its behavior, where is the best place to ask?  I have what should
    be the SDC version (file size 1199104 bytes) and it sometimes crashes.