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From: gary@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU (Gary Samad)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Catch-22
Message-ID: <3026@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU>
Date: Wed, 27-Aug-86 17:45:06 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 27 17:45:06 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 28-Aug-86 01:41:44 EDT
Organization: M.I.T. EE/CS Computer Facility, Cambridge MA
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Keywords: arrrrg...

[Eat thi

I found myself in a catch-22 situation today while editing away on my Amiga.
While editing away using C/A's version of MicroEMACS I decided to spawn a
CLI to search for something.  So, a full screen sized CLI appeared on my
Workbench screen.  I tried a simple command and got an "insufficient free
store" error message.  Uh-oh.  So I tried ENDCLI.  No go.  "No problem,"
I thought, "I'll just go back to EMACS, save my files and quit."  Well,
to get to the EMACS screen, you must hit the "push behind" gadget on the
Workbench screen;  but it was obscured by the full screen CLI window.  Ok,
shrink the window.  No way.  Push the window behind.  Can't push it behind
the Workbench screen.  Drag the screen down.  Can't grab the Workbench
"drag" gadget because it is obscured by the CLI window... ARRRRRRG...

All that was left was to reboot, losing all of my files...

C/A, when are you going to put a "close" gadget on the CLI windows?  The
need to run a program to close the window was the cause of all of these
problems.

		Gary