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From: john13@garfield.UUCP (John Russell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Endless WaitIO() in VT100
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Date: Thu, 22-Oct-87 00:46:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 22 00:46:00 1987
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In article <8710202353.AA25899@cory.Berkeley.EDU>, dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes:
> >Katin of Commodore said that the AbortIO() should be followed by a
> >Wait()/GetMsg() pair or, alternatively, a WaitIO() since the abort doesn't
> >remove the reply.  Ed changed the WaitIO() with a GetMsg() call with no
> >intervening Wait() and, he reports, the problem disappears!

I didn't hear exactly what the problem was... is this the situation in which
you activate and "Return" in the transfer window/string gadget with no
filename (after a file transfer is finished) and your cursor disappears,
the program locks up, and stops responding to any input whatsoever?

John
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