Xref: utzoo comp.sys.att:4804 unix-pc.general:1725
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!uunet!cbmvax!ditto
From: ditto@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael "Ford" Ditto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: You too can change your "working" icon
Summary: DeathStar == nobody's listening
Keywords: Working, Not Working, Icon
Message-ID: <5282@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 21 Nov 88 18:48:23 GMT
References: <402@polyof.UUCP> <464@gonzo.UUCP>
Reply-To: ditto@cbmvax.UUCP (Michael "Ford" Ditto)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
Lines: 18

In article <464@gonzo.UUCP> daveb@gonzo.UUCP (Dave Brower) writes:
>In article <402@polyof.UUCP> john@polyof.UUCP ( John Buck ) writes:
>> [ ... ] the "AT&T Working" ICON that appears when your UNIX PC is
>>busy doing something....
>
>Which reminds me to ask, "what does it *mean*, anyway?"  Is it "I'm
>waiting for disk i/o" or "I have no idle time" or what?

The "working" icon appears when no process is currently reading from the
selected window.  You can demonstrate this by typing "sleep 5;read foo"
to the shell.  When the "read" is executed the icon will go away.
-- 
					-=] Ford [=-

"The number of Unix installations	(In Real Life:  Mike Ditto)
has grown to 10, with more expected."	ford@kenobi.cts.com
- The Unix Programmer's Manual,		...!sdcsvax!crash!elgar!ford
  2nd Edition, June, 1972.		ditto@cbmvax.commodore.com