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From: naim@nucsrl.UUCP (Naim Abdullah)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Multiscreen on Unix
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Date: Mon, 8-Jun-87 11:39:32 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun  8 11:39:32 1987
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Guy Harris writes:
> [on the difficulty of implementing a window system that would run
>  on a *GENERIC* unix system]

I remember using a program called "wm" on a 4.1bsd system, that
allowed you to create multiple windows via the cursor keys and
run programs in each one. I don't remember if vi worked in any
of the windows, but I doubt it, since the program used pipes
and Guy already talked about the problems that would occur.

The program was written by somebody at the Naval Postgraduate
School and was supposedly portable to V7 systems. I haven't the
slightest idea where to get either the source or the binary.

	 Naim Abdullah
	 Dept. of EECS
	 Northwestern University
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