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From: wxh@a.lanl.gov (Billy Harvey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Unix windows for the ST
Message-ID: <826@a.lanl.gov>
Date: 9 Feb 89 05:45:14 GMT
References: <825@a.lanl.gov> <718@stag.UUCP>
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Thanks for the help posted about using unix windows.  I got the program to
work (once I went back and reread the documentation! :-).  The program was
written to run with the _monochrome_ monitor, and I am probably one of the
last to still only use the color monitor.  However, the program will run
using the MONOWARE monochrome emulator for the color monitors.  Obviously
the quality of screen output isn't top notch, but it works.  If anyone does
rewrite the code to run with the color system, I'd certainly use it.

Along the same lines, a program I think would be really useful would work
similarly to the current implementation of unix windows for the atari st.
The program would allow basically two 'windows'.  One window would be the
normal full screen you see for working with whatever system you frequented.
The other window would be for file transfer only - perhaps one or two
protocols only, say kermit and zmodem.  You couldn't even see this window as
such, just monitor its status, redirect i/o, etc.  Although a third window
to allow file transfer in each direction at the same time would be handy
also.  This would allow continued work during file transfer - say reading
the netnews :-).  Any comments/people who could hack this up over the
weekend.  I think the basic ideas already exist, i.e. the file transfer
protocols, how to implement multiple terminals.  Sigh, I just wish I knew
enough to do it myself...