From: syd@dsinc.DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein)
Subject: Changes to the Monthly Elm Posting from the Elm Development Group
Followup-To: poster
Keywords: diffs monthly elm posting
Organization: Datacomp Systems, Inc., Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 20:27:17 GMT

Archive-name: elm-monthly/diff

*** o.elm.monthly	Sun Oct  4 15:42:18 1992
--- elm.monthly	Tue Nov 10 15:25:44 1992
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  this posting or Elm itself to elm@dsi.com (dsinc!elm).  See the
  README section of this posting for info on some Elm 2.4 FAQ's.
  This posting generated:
! Sat Oct  3 22:01:30 EDT 1992
  
! Current release version: Elm 2.4 PL0
  	This version was released at patch level 0.
  	comp.sources.unix Posting-number: (Not yet posted)
  	Archive-name: (Not yet posted)
  	Patches are posted to comp.sources.bugs and comp.mail.elm
  	After they are stable, patches are sent to comp.sources.unix
! 		There are no patches yet.
! 		Archive-name: (No patches yes)
  	Patches are available from the archive server at DSI.COM:
  	send mail to archive-server@DSI.COM
  	send elm index
--- 15,30 ----
  this posting or Elm itself to elm@dsi.com (dsinc!elm).  See the
  README section of this posting for info on some Elm 2.4 FAQ's.
  This posting generated:
! Tue Nov 10 15:24:15 EST 1992
  
! Current release version: Elm 2.4 PL8
  	This version was released at patch level 0.
  	comp.sources.unix Posting-number: (Not yet posted)
  	Archive-name: (Not yet posted)
  	Patches are posted to comp.sources.bugs and comp.mail.elm
  	After they are stable, patches are sent to comp.sources.unix
! 		Five patch sets have been posted, 1/2, 3, 4/5, 6, 7/8.
! 		Archive-name: (No patches yet posted to comp.sources.unix)
  	Patches are available from the archive server at DSI.COM:
  	send mail to archive-server@DSI.COM
  	send elm index
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  	  (137.39.1.9, 192.48.96.9)
  
  	In Europe:
! 	archive.cs.ruu.nl	Edwin Kremer, edwin@cs.ruu.nl
  	(131.211.80.17)
  
  	In the UK:
  	uk.ac.soton.ecs		T.Chown@ecs.soton.ac.uk (bitnet)
! 				T.Chown@uk.ac.soton.ecs (JANET)
  
          In Australia:
          ftp.adelaide.edu.au     Mark Prior, mrp@itd.adelaide.edu.au
            (129.127.40.3)
  
  The following sites have agreed to make Elm available via anonymous
  uucp:
  	Site			Contact
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  	  (137.39.1.9, 192.48.96.9)
  
  	In Europe:
! 	ftp.cs.ruu.nl		Edwin Kremer, edwin@cs.ruu.nl
  	(131.211.80.17)
  
  	In the UK:
  	uk.ac.soton.ecs		T.Chown@ecs.soton.ac.uk (bitnet)
! 	(152.78.64.201)	        T.Chown@uk.ac.soton.ecs (JANET)
  
          In Australia:
          ftp.adelaide.edu.au     Mark Prior, mrp@itd.adelaide.edu.au
            (129.127.40.3)
  
+ 	In Taiwan:
+ 	NCTUCCCA.edu.tw		Huang, Chih-Hsien hch@NCTUCCCA.edu.tw
+ 	(140.111.3.21)
+ 
+ 
  The following sites have agreed to make Elm available via anonymous
  uucp:
  	Site			Contact
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  	think that the message is 'remote'. This is not slated to
  	change until 3.0.
  
  Why can't I get SGI to work for non ROOT.....
  	SGI, at 3.3, doesn't have vfork, but instead a stub that does
  	not work.  Make sure vfork is undef in the configuration.
  
  How do I link Elm on IBM AIX?
! 	On IBM RISC 6000 AIX, you might get string funtion errors on the
! compile.  The solution is to do the following:
  	Look at /usr/lpp/bos/bsdsport. It tells you
  	to add following lines to /etc/xlc.cfg
   
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  	think that the message is 'remote'. This is not slated to
  	change until 3.0.
  
+ From comp.mail.elm, dws@ssec.wisc.edu (DaviD W. Sanderson) writes:
+ >... whoever wrote the default termcap
+ >and/or terminfo descriptions for xterm included in the ti/te strings
+ >the special escape sequences to make xterm switch between the normal
+ >and alternate screen buffers.  These sequences are:
+ >
+ >	\E[?47h		- use alternate screen buffer
+ >	\E[?47l		- use normal screen buffer
+ >...
+ >The elm code is just fine as it is.  If you change it so that it
+ >doesn't ever send ti/te, you'll just break elm for somebody else.  Fix
+ >your termcap/terminfo definition instead.
+ 
  Why can't I get SGI to work for non ROOT.....
  	SGI, at 3.3, doesn't have vfork, but instead a stub that does
  	not work.  Make sure vfork is undef in the configuration.
  
  How do I link Elm on IBM AIX?
! 	On IBM RISC 6000 AIX, 3.2 or newer, to compile Elm
! during Configure, specify -U__STR__ to the 'Additional CFLAGS'
! question.  No other changes are needed.
! 
! 	On IBM RISC 6000 AIX, prior to 3.2, you might get string
! funtion errors on the compile.  The solution is to do the following:
  	Look at /usr/lpp/bos/bsdsport. It tells you
  	to add following lines to /etc/xlc.cfg
   
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  		options	   = -H512,-T512, -qlanglvl=extended, -qnoro, -D_BSD, -D_NONSTD_TYPES, -D_NO_PROTO, -D_BSD_INCLUDES, -bnodelcsect, -U__STR__, -U__MATH__
  
  	And then link bsdcc to xlc and use bsdcc instead of cc.
+ 
  In addition, Elm should be linked with the curses lib and not termcap lib
  if /etc/termcap is not there. (You can always copy the termcap database
  to etc (or make a symlink)).
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  at the same time we are working on the next release.  Also starting with
  release 2.2 a list of known problems will be published in this posting.
  
! Known bugs in Elm 2.4 PL0:
  	The following are from the Elm 2.4 "To.Do" list that are
  considered bugs, not enhancements, that have not yet been done.  Items
  which are enhancements are not listed here.  It is our intention to
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  at the same time we are working on the next release.  Also starting with
  release 2.2 a list of known problems will be published in this posting.
  
! Known bugs in Elm 2.4 PL5:
  	The following are from the Elm 2.4 "To.Do" list that are
  considered bugs, not enhancements, that have not yet been done.  Items
  which are enhancements are not listed here.  It is our intention to
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       be	improved.  In some cases, the answer to	a later	question
       renders an	earlier	question moot.	In such	cases, the latter
       should proceed the	former so that the former would	only be
!      asked if need be.	This occurs with many of the configura-
!      tion questions that deal with the domain routing and
!      pathalias databases, appending the	hostname and internet ad-
!      dress style, etc.
  
  GB02 All programs need to use the same algorithm elm(1)	and
       frm(1) use	in establishing	the user's id and the user's in-
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       be	improved.  In some cases, the answer to	a later	question
       renders an	earlier	question moot.	In such	cases, the latter
       should proceed the	former so that the former would	only be
!      asked if need be.
  
  GB02 All programs need to use the same algorithm elm(1)	and
       frm(1) use	in establishing	the user's id and the user's in-
-- 
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Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP          Elm Coordinator - Current 2.4PL08
Datacomp Systems, Inc.                 Projected 3.0 Release: ??? ?,1994
syd@DSI.COM or dsinc!syd      Voice: (215) 947-9900, FAX: (215) 938-0235