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From: gil@limbic.UUCP (Gil Kloepfer Jr.)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: How does the death star "working" logo on the UNIXPC work?
Summary: It's in the window driver
Message-ID: <591@limbic.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jan 90 08:53:30 GMT
References: <219@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM>
Reply-To: gil@limbic.UUCP (Gil Kloepfer Jr.)
Organization: ICUS Software Systems, Islip, NY
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In article <219@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM> baur@venice.sedd.trw.com (Steven L. Baur) writes:
>I am curious to know what system calls, etc.  are used to implement the
>AT&T death star "working ..." logo that appears on the UNIXPC.
>What program produces it, etc.
>steve	baur@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM

The death-star "Working" icon is produced by the window driver, and is
on the screen whenever the "current" window (ie. the window attached to the
keyboard) is not blocking for input.

>A computer which cannot run GNU emacs is not worth using.

Make GNU emacs as small as (or smaller than) vi with equivalent (or better)
functionality and I'll agree with you.

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