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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!interaccess!flowbee!pitts From: pitts@flowbee.interaccess.com (James Pitts) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: EMACS and FreeBSD 2.1-SNAP ... (funny) Date: 23 Sep 1995 12:59:11 GMT Organization: InterAccess, Chicago's best Internet service provider. Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4410av$kmf@nntp.interaccess.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: flowbee.interaccess.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hi, Just the other day I installed FreeBSD 2.1 (one of the SNAP releases). I am pleased to say the install went well. It is a very impressive piece of software. I have been using FreeBSD back when it was first born. It is really impressive to see how far the package has come since those days. After installing FreeBSD 2.1 I brought the on-demand ppp on line. It more or less worked as advertised. Another nice feature of the release. After this, I installed some packages on the machine, including EMACS. Everything seemed to be just fine until I went to edit a file with emacs. EMACS started to come up, then the modem dialed my provider, established a ppp connection, exchanged some packets when someone somewher, and then let me edit the file. Now I can't use emacs without establishing a ppp connection. :/ I was more than a little blown over. Gotta love EMACS! -- - pitts@interaccess.com ^ | James J. Pitts w--- N++ b++ G - - Most people are cattle. In every /@\ | GCS d++ a- C++ UB++++ h---- M - - generation, a few leaders are born. / \ | UA++++ UH++++ L- V-- r+++ D++ - - I am such a leader. /_____\ | PGP++ t+@ 5++@ e++ z++++ DI++ -