Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!nuchat!peter
From: peter@nuchat.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: FaccII crashes?
Message-ID: <715@nuchat.UUCP>
Date: 2 Mar 88 02:47:36 GMT
References: <553@io.UUCP> <205@geocub.UUCP> <1900@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <201@gtss.UUCP>
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In article <201@gtss.UUCP>, chas@gtss.UUCP (Charles Cleveland) writes:
> I have noticed that if I RunBackGround Facction and subsequently exit it,
> about 40 bytes get eaten.  If I Run Facction or just execute it in the
> foreground I believe this does not happen, so I think it is a property of
> RunBackGround (which is PD and distributed with FaccII).  Anybody else seen
> similar behavior?  I guess I'll do a little more experimentation at home
> tonight.

The 40 bytes are lost by RunBackGround. I had the same problem for a little
while in Browser, but solved it. I don't think RunBack can deal with the
problem because it doesn't hang around to pick up the peices after the
program exits.

RunBack also causes problems with programs RunBacked calling Execute. If
you call it from a program that's been RunBacked you never get control
back.

I'm working on a solution that will keep a daemon around to take care of
the problem. It's going to be called Launch...
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