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intermittent problem with minibuffer

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From: Jerry Graves
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1991 18:25
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I put the statment

epoch -f vm &

in my .xinitrc file to run epoch with vm (ViewMail) when I first start
OpenWindows and it works fine about 2/3 of the time.  However, 1/3 of
the time the minibuffer does not drop but remains behind the edit
screen.  I can bring it to the front but it overlaps the bottom of the
edit screen and hides the two or so lines of text there.  When I try
to move the minibuffer it just pops back where it was.  I assume there
is some way to get the minibuffer to relocate relative to the
currently selected screen.  Is this correct?  Also, I suggest that
other OpenWindows users do not try to resize the minibuffer by
selecting Full Size from the Window menu, as it will never return to
normal size (at least it didn't for me, even though the menu changed
thinking it had).

-Jerry

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Subject: intermittent problem with minibuffer
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