charles@tasis.utas.oz (Charles Lakos) (07/05/89)
Actually there are 2 questions: 1. Has someone used the sublaunching as described in Tech Note 126 in LSC? If so, how is the inline function Launchit coded, and is it necessary to type up the assembly code referred to in Tech Note 88 or is it available elsewhere? 2. I have written a DRVR which is given a time slice periodically (by setting the dNeedTime flag). At certain times it decides to perform an action. My question is whether it is possible to determine the "stability of the environment"? What I mean by this might be best explained by examples. The DRVR presumably can sound the bell any time it gets a look in. But it presumably ought to be more reticent putting up a dialog window - you might be in the middle of printing or other comms. And it should be even more reticent in sublaunching another application! How do I know when is a good time to do these things? Any suggestions welcome. Charles Lakos. ACSnet: charles@tasis.utas.oz ARPA: charles%tasis.utas.oz@uunet.uu.net UUCP: {enea,hplabs,mcvax,uunet,ukc}!munnari!tasis.utas.oz!charles Snail: Computer Science Dept., University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252C, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia. Charles Lakos. ACSnet: charles@tasis.utas.oz ARPA: charles%tasis.utas.oz@uunet.uu.net UUCP: {enea,hplabs,mcvax,uunet,ukc}!munnari!tasis.utas.oz!charles Snail: Computer Science Dept., University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252C, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia.