bytebug@felix.UUCP (Roger L. Long) (12/05/87)
[Macintosh Technical Notes - #177: WaitNextEvent Bug in MultiFinder 1.0]
This technical note discusses a bug in WaitNextEvent in
MultiFinder 1.0. This bug only occurs when WaitNextEvent is
called from the background. This bug will be fixed in the next
release of MultiFinder.
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