From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Apr 29 6:21:50 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.vnet.net (smtp2.vnet.net [166.82.1.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7309015835 for ; Thu, 29 Apr 1999 06:21:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by smtp2.vnet.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id JAA06032; Thu, 29 Apr 1999 09:22:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes.dignus.com [10.0.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.9.2/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA34397; Thu, 29 Apr 1999 09:21:43 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.9.2/8.6.9) id JAA21156; Thu, 29 Apr 1999 09:21:42 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 09:21:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199904291321.JAA21156@lakes.dignus.com> To: pixel@DotCom.FR, rivers@dignus.com Subject: Re: Adding desktop support Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199904291314.NAA06217@excalibur.oceanis.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > 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. While this is certainly true... it seems to be the case that very few of them actually do it. - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message