[1355] in testers
Re: Athena 7.2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Thu Dec 6 13:19:20 1990
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 90 13:18:51 -0500
To: tlouie@MIT.EDU
Cc: testers@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Thomas Louie's message of Sun, 02 Dec 90 14:07:06 EST,
From: Richard Basch <probe@MIT.EDU>
From: tlouie@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 90 14:07:06 EST
I like the new console icon, but in 7.1, when CONSOLE was hidden and there
was some input sent to console, it would reappear. Now the icon
just blinks. How about making it so that one can
switch between it just blinking to indicate output or reappearing to show
the new output?
Also, i'd like to know which lock is xinfo stored in... Thanks...
Actually, the console behavior you described was implemented this way so
as to allow for both types of message signalling. Some people prefer
that the console not pop-up but rather just give an indication that new
messages are present. The new semantics are:
- If there is a console icon, have the icon blink to signal that new
messages are present.
- If there is no console icon, simply pop up the console window when a
new message appears. (Pressing on the Hide button of the console
window makes the console window disappear without creating an icon)
"xinfo" uses the "xmit" locker. The reason for the discrepancy is that
at one point the system was renamed, and renaming lockers is not nearly
as trivial as renaming the programs.
-Richard Basch
Athena Systems Development
