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From: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
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Subject: [9fans] Q about screenshots
Date: Sun,  5 Oct 2003 10:57:48 -0500
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And just exactly what happens if the cp occurs while the screen is in the
middle of an update.

Does it grab the old frame, wait for the new frame to complete, or just
give you a gibberish dump of the interim buffer contents which are almost
certainly worthless?


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