Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!mintaka!pogo.gnu.ai.mit.edu!entropy From: entropy@gnu.ai.mit.edu (maximum entropy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech Subject: Re: How to use the VDI from the Autofolder Message-ID: Date: 25 May 91 10:09:14 GMT References: <1991May24.184249.21414@imada.ou.dk> Sender: news@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu Organization: Not Proud Programmers Lines: 27 In-Reply-To: micro@imada.ou.dk's message of 24 May 91 18:42:49 GMT In article <1991May24.184249.21414@imada.ou.dk> micro@imada.ou.dk (Klaus Pedersen) writes: >When I tried to make the code that installed the Trap#2 handler I found >that it was possible to use the vdi from the auto-folder, a thing that >I thought was impossible! The trick is to open a physical screen work- >station. Simple and clean... > [...] > v_opnwk(work_in,&phys_handle,work_out); > [...] > v_clswk(phys_handle); > [...] Pardon me if I'm wrong, but everything I've ever read about the ST's GEM (specifically the Abacus volume) has said "V_OPNWK AND V_CLSWK ARE NOT IMPLEMENTED IN ATARI ST GEM" (OK, maybe they didn't use all caps :-) Isn't this a really bad idea, especially when you've just flamed someone for using undocumented variables in another posting? Or does GEM use these these functions itself upon starting up? -- entropy@gnu.ai.mit.edu entropy. . .it's not just a good idea, it's the second law. Boycott Lotus, Apple, Ashton-Tate and Xerox. Join the League for Programming Freedom! Write to league@prep.ai.mit.edu for more information.