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Article #21101Re: gem progs run from gulam lock up
From: Scott Willingham
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 22:12
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 22:12
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svleest@lasso.crhc.uiuc.edu (Steve VanderLeest) writes:
: Certain gem programs that I run from the gulam shell (using the gem
: command) lock up the machine, while others do not. It also appears that
: every gem program I write and compile myself also lock up. If I open
: a single window within my program (which runs perfectly from the desktop)
: it also displays a blank window which is the size of the window I ran
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: gulam from. No mouse or keyboard inputs are recognized (and they should
^^^^^^^^^^
: be). Does anyone have any ideas why this happens? I tried simplifying
: my program down to doing next to nothing, but I still get the problem.
Gulam was written well before anyone started running shells within TOS
windows. It is meant to run on the whole screen and essentially take
over subsequent program launchings, replacing the desktop. It is thus
not surprising that it doesn't cooperate well with the desktop or even
with any multitasking in general.
Scott Willingham // willing@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com
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