Using GNU Emacs with Sun 3.0: A Tip

[Scott Menter]

I seem to have fallen on a way to avoid the hanging problem with
Suntools. So far, this method has worked with windows on a 750 with
4.2BSD and a Sequent with DYNIX 2.1.

For those of you who've missed it, the problem is briefly this: after
pausing GNU Emacs when rlogin'ed to another system in a Suntools
window (Sun 4.2 Rel 3.0), typing "fg" to get back to Emacs often
causes your window to hang entirely.

I've found that if I do a "clear" and then a couple of RETURNs before
typing "fg", I can always successfully re-enter GNU Emacs. Don't ask
me why, because I'm clueless. But it works.

I'd be curious to know if anybody else has a different experience.
Hope this helps.

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Scott Menter UCI ICS Computing Support Group Univ of Calif at Irvine
(714) 856 7552 Irvine, California 92717

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