Package: e3 Version: 1:2.61-2 Severity: normal
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Nathan Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: e3: Starts in `WS' mode when invoked through alternatives system as `vi' or `emacs' Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: reportbug 3.18 Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 05:00:21 -0800 Package: e3 Version: 1:2.61-2 Severity: normal I will just describe the emacs problem in detail. The vi problem is analogous. The alternatives system has set up the following series of links for me: crunk:~# FILE=$(which emacs); while [ -h $FILE ]; do ls -l $FILE; FILE=$(readlink $FILE); done lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2005-01-02 17:13 /usr/bin/emacs -> /etc/alternatives/emacs lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 2005-12-29 02:33 /etc/alternatives/emacs -> /usr/bin/e3em lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2 2005-12-28 07:16 /usr/bin/e3em -> e3 crunk:~# When I invoke e3 by typing `emacs' it starts in `WS' mode. It starts in `EMACS' mode as expected if I type `e3em'. I tried adding `emacs' to the list of names e3 checks to see if it was invoked as like this: crunk:~/e3-2.61# diff e3.asm.original e3.asm 3616a3618,3619 > jz IsEm > cmp ecx,'emacs' ;check if called as `emacs' 3619c3621 < mov byte [eax],EM --- > IsEm: mov byte [eax],EM but I guess that doesn't work, as the registers are 32 (not 40) bits, making me think there is a problem with this sort of simple approach (although I don't really know jack about assembly programming). A simple fix that does work is to add a script which invokes e3em and have the alternatives system link to that instead: crunk:~/debugging-e3# cat >e3em-script exec e3em ^D crunk:~/debugging-e3# Hope that helps, -nathan -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-386 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) -- no debconf information -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-386 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
