From: David Gordon Hogan <dhog@plan9.bell-labs.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] acme stuck
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 15:29:52 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fc21029b2ee60f69b6a89a066407c072@plan9.bell-labs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0a524174983fc2526d1f5165e245ae04@centurytel.net>
>> I button-3 on /mnt/plumb/rules and then button-3 on "showmail"
>> inside of that file (the intent was to Look) and that gets the input
>> stuck (mouse and keyboard). What happened?
>
> Clarification: I know it tried to open /mnt/plumb/showmail, but what
> is happening to keyboard and mouse input to acme?
That's how opening a file works in acme -- the user interface
is unavailable until the operation completes. In the case of
/mnt/plumb/showmail, reading the file blocks and so it
never finishes.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-06 20:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-06 18:48 Skip Tavakkolian
2003-03-06 18:53 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2003-03-06 20:29 ` David Gordon Hogan [this message]
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