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Subject: Re: [9fans] acme stuck
From: David Gordon Hogan <dhog@plan9.bell-labs.com>
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Date: Thu,  6 Mar 2003 15:29:52 -0500
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>> 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.