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From: goss@SNOW-WHITE.MERIT-TECH.COM (Mike Goss)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re:  problems with winopen()
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Date: 30 May 89 13:41:07 GMT
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Regarding the message from Alwin Dieperink about winopen and processes:
	
> Does anyone have an idea ?? Why does winopen() create a new process ? How can I
> solve that problem ? or did I miss something in the manuals ?

Winopen normally does a fork to run as a separate process detached
from your original shell.  You can prevent this behavior by calling 
"foreground()" before calling winopen.  This is also useful if you are 
trying to use dbx or edge on a graphics process.

Mike Goss, Merit Technology Inc.