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From: marcotte@acsu.Buffalo.EDU (brian r marcotte)
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Subject: Re: Windows for UNIX... on a CoCo!
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Date: 10 Apr 90 01:29:13 GMT
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In article <1990Apr10.003925.10348@agate.berkeley.edu> pbrown@volcano.Berkeley.EDU (Philip Brown) writes:

>  Also, while in a session of impromptu core-wars, I found that echoing xxx
>>/dev/ttyxx sends something to ANY OTHER PERSONS(or your own) window.
>I didn't realise the significance at the time.  what this means, however,
>is that window managers DON't CARE about processes:  they just poll the
>tty associated with them!!!

Think thats funny? Try setting your DISPLAY environment variable to
someone elses X-Terminal or SUN and running an X application.

					- Brian Marcotte