Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!utcs.toronto.edu!cks Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix From: cks@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu (Chris Siebenmann) Subject: Re: /dev/xcons Message-ID: <1991Jun26.174132.16476@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> Organization: Ziebmef home away from home References: <22637@cbmvax.commodore.com> Distribution: comp Date: 26 Jun 91 21:41:32 GMT Lines: 12 Ian D! Allen (idallen@watcgl.waterloo.edu) wrote a patch for the R4 xterm such that it could handle -C under Ultrix. It just opens /dev/xcons and dumps the output into the window, without needing you to use cat or anything; it's quite nice and handy. I imagine he'd be happy to send people the patch; it's pretty short and simple. -- ported program: a program which takes constant or increasing effort to port to each new machine. portable program: a program which takes less effort to port to each new machine. cks@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu ...!{utgpu,utzoo,watmath}!utgpu!cks