Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 22:48:19 +0300 (EET DST) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs%freebsd.org@sunrise.cs.berkeley.edu>, bvsmith@lbl.gov, ports%freebsd.org@sunrise.cs.berkeley.edu, gj%freebsd.org@sunrise.cs.berkeley.edu, me%freebsd.org@sunrise.cs.berkeley.edu, asami%freebsd.org@sunrise.cs.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: xfig.3.1.4 extension to support vi -C signals linkage Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960811224439.3409B-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.95.960811152441.10084C-100000@thurston.eng.umd.edu>
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On Sun, 11 Aug 1996, Chuck Robey wrote: > On Sun, 11 Aug 1996, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > > I have developed an extension to xfig.3.1.4 (Ref. freebsd/ports/graphics/xfig) > > that allows an adjacent xterm running 'vi' to send a signal on each ':w' > > that xfig interprets as a re-open & redisplay command. > > > > This mechanism is compatible with my previous work on vi ghostview & chimera. > > I like the matchup, I wonder if there's some way to make something like > this work inside the standard ports setup. There's not port of nvi (Keith > Bostic's latest version of vi) although it compiles easily on FreeBSD. Do > you have pointers to your work on ghostview and and chimera? > How about making it a separate, local port that would depend on the presence of xfig and build a new xfig? Just like tclX does... Sander > I sure like the basic idea, a timesaver for sure. > > > [snip - sorry, I really did mean to snip the .sigs]
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