Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:58:58 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: how to tell if a text1.text file has been written to disk? Message-ID: <20111230235852.GA21531@thought.org>
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i'm using gvim for now. the person with impaired speech types.... Say: "hi, i'm jon and i'm hear to give you some background on virtue ethics." Or whatever. the gvim editor has been spawned. i must wait until the user is finished typing--ESC]:[Enter]. then my espeak | aplay speech code will echo what he has typed. is there any way, other than, or maybe in addition to-- spinning in a while loop at 10 millisecond usleeps for the vim ".text1.text.swp" file to go away? does wim enter characters into its textfiles as the user types? i'm close. thanks to guys who are on various mailing list. S-day: "show-and-tell day in 11 days away before e docs and therapists. most of them don't think that any oprm-source tools count. even ones like the newest graphic toolkits. like gtk. as always, thanks for any assist. you're all going on the list of contributors ... gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 8.57a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org Twenty-five years of service to the Unix community.
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