Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!icdoc!dbh From: dbh@doc.ic.ac.uk (Denis Howe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn Subject: Re: tasks which leave desktop and return Message-ID: Date: 6 May 91 12:04:27 GMT Article-I.D.: asun4.DBH.91May6130427 References: <1991Apr23.135553.17810@newcastle.ac.uk> Organization: Dept. of Computing, Imperial College, London, UK Lines: 26 In-Reply-To: spocky@acsys.UUCP's message of 3 May 91 07:37:35 GMT In article spocky@acsys.UUCP writes: >J.W.Harley@newcastle.ac.uk (Jon Harley) writes: >> I've seen a couple of desktop apps which take over the whole screen while >> they're active (ie the iconbar icon has been clicked), then return to the >> desktop afterwards without the "Press SPACE or click mouse to return to >> desktop" message. ... >You ask for a clean termination? >I think I can help you! >I find this Article in the Risc User Magazine December 1989: > >CLEAN TERMINATION > >If you run a non Wimp program from the Desktop, you will get the >following message when it terminates: 'Press SPACE or click mouse to >continue'. To avoid this add the line: SYS "Wimp_CommandWindow",-1 to >the end of the program, ensuring that no text or graphics output can >occur after this statement has been executed. You can also put it at the _beginning_ of your program if you want to output direct to the screen rather than to the command window. You can scribble all over the desktop like this! -- Denis Howe C-C H558A Imperial College London C-C-C +44 (71) 589 5111 x5064 N=N