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In article <16813@umd5.umd.edu> matthews@oberon.umd.edu (Mike Matthews)  
writes:
> Yes, that's right.  I want to screw myself over.  In a particular way,
> though, no 'generic' methods please. :-)
> 
> I want some sort of PostScript code that:
> 	1)	Makes all current windows disappear (fling off screen,
> gravity-bounce down, I don't care).
> 	2)	Not affect any new windows that will show up.
> 	3)	Not let you get to those old windows.
> 
> Why?
> 
> I'm thinking about having an account set up so that when they log in, a
> custom app autolaunches, fires off the PS code so you can't get to  
NeXTstep
> essentially, waits until that's done, then fires up another application
> (coXist in this case), waits 'til coXist quits, then logs the user out.   
In
> short, I want the NeXT to be an X terminal with no interaction with  
NeXTstep.
> 
> Please don't go off and say 'why the hell would you want to do something  
like
> that?'  I have valid reasons that I don't care to go into.  Buying an X
> terminal isn't a good solution; these NeXTs can be used as regular NeXTs  
by
> other users.
> 
> If anyone's written some PS code that does what I want (either by  
accident or
> on purpose :-)) please send it to me.  NeXTmail'd be too cruel since I
> wouldn't be able to get out of it....
> 
> Or, can anyone say this isn't possible? (and know what they're talking  
about,
> too) 
> ------
> Mike Matthews, matthews@oberon.umd.edu (NeXTmail accepted)
> ------
> "Don't talk to me about disclaimers!  I invented disclaimers!"
> -- The Censored Hacker


I just spoke with Alex at Pencom. He said that the new version of coXist  
(3.0) does exactly that (ie. completely turns the Next into an xterm). Is  
coXist the only app you wanted to do this with?

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Greg Colello
Carnegie Institution, Department of Plant Biology
Stanford University
gcolello@biosphere.stanford.edu