steve@cpoint.UUCP (Stephen Steir) (12/16/88)
I frequently use <ctrl>-d to scroll in the Z editor. The <ctrl>-d, however, gets passed to Manx's Make which faithfully aborts after compiling one file. The message I get from make is, "make: abort due to ^D." Other programs that trap <ctrl>-d also abort. The problem doesn't yet seem to be restricted to 'when' I use <ctrl>-d in the editor, just 'if' I use the <ctrl>-d. Any clues? Steve S...
tas@mtuxo.att.com (XMPC2-T.SKROBALA) (12/19/88)
In article <1431@cpoint.UUCP>, steve@cpoint.UUCP (Stephen Steir) writes: > I frequently use <ctrl>-d to scroll in the Z editor. The <ctrl>-d, > however, gets passed to Manx's Make which faithfully aborts after > compiling one file. The message I get from make is, "make: abort > due to ^D." Other programs that trap <ctrl>-d also abort. The problem > doesn't yet seem to be restricted to 'when' I use <ctrl>-d in the editor, > just 'if' I use the <ctrl>-d. Any clues? > > Steve S... I almost always type "run z" to invoke z. This always gives me a separate window (which you may or may not want) and leaves my original CLI free so I can do two things at once. And I never get the problem you're seeing. Typing control-D merely causes the message "**BREAK - CLI" to appear in my other CLI's window when the editor exits, not bad at all. Tom Skrobala AT&T Bell Laboratories mtuxo!tas
ecphssrw@solaria.csun.edu (Stephen Walton) (12/20/88)
In article <3780@mtuxo.att.com> tas@mtuxo.att.com (XMPC2-T.SKROBALA) writes: >In article <1431@cpoint.UUCP>, steve@cpoint.UUCP (Stephen Steir) writes: >> I frequently use <ctrl>-d to scroll in the Z editor. The <ctrl>-d, >> however, gets passed to Manx's Make which faithfully aborts after >> compiling one file. >... I never get the problem you're >seeing. Typing control-D merely causes the message "**BREAK - CLI" >> The message I get from make is, "make: abort >> due to ^D." Other programs that trap <ctrl>-d also abort. Confusion here: Stephen Steir is using "my" make program; that is, the one by "caret@fairlight.OZ" which I ported to the Amiga. I added the feature to use control-D to tell make to quit after whatever it is doing at the moment, while control-C, as usual, aborts the compile or whatever in progress. However, since Stephen reports that other programs behave the same way, it sounds like a bug in Z: it is trapping but not clearing the control-D signal, so whatever runs next sees this signal set and acts accordingly. I will double-check my code and make sure I clear the control-D signal on startup. This will clear up the problem in make's case. -- Stephen Walton, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Cal State Univ. Northridge RCKG01M@CALSTATE.BITNET ecphssrw@afws.csun.edu swalton@solar.stanford.edu ...!csun!afws.csun.edu!bcphssrw