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From: Margen Metcalfe
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 14:10
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I fixed the problem that I was having.  I was incorrect in the first
paragraph--the first field should be a 1.  I added a refresh() to
fix the curses problem.  Everything works OK now.

>> I have been trying to get mush to work on a 3b2, sysvr4.  I used the
>> makefile.sys.v and made the necessary changes.  The top header line
>> when I first start mush up reads as follows:
>> 
>> 1   "/var/mail/metcalfe": 2 messages, 0 new, 0 unread, 0 deleted
>> 
>> The first field, msg_cnt, should be 2.  When I use the "j" key to go
>> down the list of messages, the msg_cnt changes and also the letter "v"
>> in var changes:
>> 
>> 2   "/1ar/mail/metcalfe": 2 messages, 0 new, 0 unread, 0 deleted
>> 
>> I have found the code in msgs.c that does this and the value
>> of msg_cnt is correct.  I don't know why it doesn't appear that way on
>> the screen, though.  And why does it change the letter v in var?
>> Is this a curses problem?



			Margen Metcalfe
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