To: bgardner, mackay, thm, rap
Subject: rsedit
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Brian, I don't know why gcc allowed you to declare arg_list twice (probably
because you declared it the same way) but pcc (the compiler for the rt)
doesn't like it.  I commented out the second declaration.  As far as I can
tell this shouldn't affect anything but your the expert.  You can search for
the string !!!^^^ in my comment.

Anyway, the interface to the ruleeditor seems to be just fine (commendable
when you didn't have one to work with).  But, it doesn't seem to be doing
what you think it should I think.  More later.

More importantly it dies on the rt.  here is the trace.

E51-007-12:/afs/athena.mit.edu/mit/argus/src/working/rtsrc> which rsedit
./rsedit
E51-007-12:/afs/athena.mit.edu/mit/argus/src/working/rtsrc> gdb rsedit
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Reading symbol data from /afs/athena.mit.edu/mit/argus/src/working/rtsrc/rsedit.
..done.
Type "help" for a list of commands.
(gdb) run a
Starting program: /afs/athena.mit.edu/mit/argus/src/working/rtsrc/rsedit a
Assertion failed: num_bytes != 0

Program received signal 5, Trace/BPT trap
0x54fc4 in .abort (268795904)
(gdb) where
#0  0x54fc4 in .abort (268795904)
#1  0xb06e in .Memory_free (268795904)
#2  0x1c68c in .AlRuleSet_deletable_on_diskp (268591211, 997, 1, 268712640, 3, 0
)
#3  0x1c714 in .AlRuleSet_deletable_on_diskp (268591211, 997, 1, 268711904, 0)
#4  0x1caaa in .Alruleprint (268591208, 1000, 1, 268714144)
#5  0x1610 in .AlRse_set_rule_widget (268707328, 0, 1, 0)
#6  0x19be in .AlRse_redraw (268707328, 1)
#7  0x3d9c in .AlRse_create (268619776, 536857503, 268716032, 268436120)
#8  0x40d2 in .main (2, 536857364)
(gdb) quit

To tell you the truth I have not looked at the code, but the biggest
incompatibilty I've ever found between vaxen and rten is that rts really
treat the EOF character as an int (which it is) and not a char.  You can get
away with char on vaxen.  To tell the 

Well, back to the rule set editor.

When I start it up and press "Add New Rule" it just beeps.

It wont let me select a rule with no number in it (so I can edit it).  But,
it will let me select a rule with no number when a rule with a number is
already selected.  When I have a rule with no number selected I can't "Edit
Rule".

You can "Add New Rule" when you have a rule (with a number) selected but the
ruleeditor comes up with the selected rule and not a fresh one.  When I edit
it and quit the ruleeditor rsedit refreshes fine with the new rule.  This
functionality is duplicated by the "Edit Rule" button.  It seems I can't add
a new rule.