Re: misc/59051: edt-1.9's "keypad_configure" function performs global configuration of remote X session

["RVP via gnats" <gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR misc/59051; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: jon.brase%gmail.com@localhost, wiz%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: misc/59051: edt-1.9's "keypad_configure" function performs global
 configuration of remote X session
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2025 22:56:16 +0000 (UTC)

 On Tue, 11 Feb 2025, Thomas Klausner via gnats wrote:
 
 > On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 07:50:02AM +0000, RVP via gnats wrote:
 > >  Or, try out a different version of EDT:
 > >
 > >  http://www.o3one.org/edt.html
 >
 > I've just packaged this as pkgsrc/editors/edt-o3one.
 >
 
 Oh, thanks, but you'll need a patch like this if the `edt.hlp' file is not in
 the same dir. as the executable itself (which is what this prog. expects):
 
 ```
 diff -urN edtdist_20161222.orig/makefile edtdist_20161222/makefile
 --- edtdist_20161222.orig/makefile	2016-12-23 00:28:13.000000000 +0000
 +++ edtdist_20161222/makefile	2025-02-15 22:45:23.851226174 +0000
 @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
   	$(CC) md5.c
 
   os.linux.o: os.c
 -	$(CC) -DUSE_LIBREADLINE -o os.linux.o os.c
 +	$(CC) -DUSE_LIBREADLINE -DEDT_HELPFILE=\"${EDT_HELPFILE}\" -o os.linux.o os.c
 
   output.o: output.c
   	$(CC) output.c
 diff -urN edtdist_20161222.orig/os.c edtdist_20161222/os.c
 --- edtdist_20161222.orig/os.c	2016-12-23 00:35:48.000000000 +0000
 +++ edtdist_20161222/os.c	2025-02-15 22:46:27.605856430 +0000
 @@ -265,6 +265,14 @@
       abort ();
     }
 
 +#ifdef EDT_HELPFILE
 +  help_name = malloc(strlen(EDT_HELPFILE) + 1);
 +  if (help_name == NULL) {
 +    fprintf (stderr, "out of memory\n");
 +    exit (1); 
 +  }
 +  strcpy(help_name, EDT_HELPFILE);
 +#else
     /* Try to find help file - same directory as executable */
 
     pathstring = NULL;						/* haven't allocated a string yet */
 @@ -303,6 +311,7 @@
     strcat (help_name, ".hlp");					/* append .hlp for the help file name */
 
     if (pathstring != NULL) string_delete (pathstring);		/* free off string if we allocated one */
 +#endif
 
   #endif
 
 ```
 
 Compile as (usual):
 
  	make EDT_HELPFILE=/PATH/TO/edt.hlp
 
 -RVP