Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 15:14:01 +0200 (MET DST) From: Emmanuel DELOGET <pixel@DotCom.FR> To: rivers@dignus.com (Thomas David Rivers) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Hackers Mail List) Subject: Re: Adding desktop support Message-ID: <199904291314.NAA06217@excalibur.oceanis.net> In-Reply-To: <199904291305.JAA20952@lakes.dignus.com> from Thomas David Rivers at "Apr 29, 1999 9: 5:59 am"
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As the well known Thomas David Rivers said...
-> As it happens, on UNIX, nope - I quit doing that... for one
-> very good reason. When I start something from an ICON, typically
-> stderr is directed "away". And, typically, UNIX programs (including
-> such mostly-GUI applications as Netscape) write useful information
-> to stderr.
Clicking on an icon and getting the result of the command
is allways possible. Classical WMs/desktops need work to do this
(redirect stderr to something, such as a file, and display
the content of this file if anything goes wrong). It's not
a problem.
->
-> So - after struggling for awhile with a particular problem, then
-> trying to run the program from the command line and seeing the nice/helpful
-> message which would have prevented a lot of frustration... I quit
-> starting things by "clicking."
->
-> - Dave Rivers -
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