Emacs3.0 on a standalone

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2 total messages Started by citdem Wed, 16 Dec 1992 01:46

#4405

Author: citdem
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 01:46

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Sigh.  I'll try this again.
I have a standalone NeXTcube. I have SLIP (the daemon is installed in the
boot process; but the SLIP connection is brought up manually only when
needed).  I have Emacs3.0.  BUT; Emacs3.0 (and prior versions) always
displays a "unknown host "(my host name)"" message in the minibuffer
when I start it.  The mouse cannot be used to control the cursor.  The
menu FILE and EDIT options do nothing.  All other .apps work just fine.
So what's wrong here?  Is there something I need to add to a host config
table or NetInfo?  Is it that Emacs3.0 fully expects to work on machines
attached to real ethernet cables?  What?  What is Emacs3.0 doing that's
different that all other apps?  emacs (the command line emacs) works just
fine? ???????
I'd like to use Emacs3.0; so, if you have it working on a standalone NeXT
and use SLIP like I do (daemon loaded; line down), I'd like to hear from
you.  Tell me (explicitly, please) how you installed SLIP and how you
installed Emacs3.0.  I must be doing SOMETHING different than you are.

Thanks.

(A lot of software - like FrameMaker - try to access the network; but they
load and work fine when the network (SLIP) is not available.  So why not
Emacs3.0?)

Don McCollam
citdem@happy.rc.arizona.edu
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Re: Emacs3.0 on a standalone

#4483

Author: Erik C. Sowa
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 17:06

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>>>>> "citdem" == citdem  <citdem@VIOLET.CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU> writes:

citdem> I have a standalone NeXTcube. I have SLIP (the daemon is installed in the
citdem> boot process; but the SLIP connection is brought up manually only when
citdem> needed).  I have Emacs3.0.  BUT; Emacs3.0 (and prior versions) always
citdem> displays a "unknown host "(my host name)"" message in the minibuffer
citdem> when I start it.  The mouse cannot be used to control the cursor.  The
citdem> menu FILE and EDIT options do nothing.  All other .apps work just fine.
citdem> So what's wrong here?

This problem is the same one that people have been discussing w.r.t.
rendering. If you have renamed your standalone next, e.g. with the
Local... panel in HostManager.app, you must add an appropriate alias,
which you can do by Opening localhost in HostManager.app. I don't know
if that still holds with SLIP, but for a purely standalone NeXT this works.

--
erik sowa (sowa@amdew.llnl.gov)

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