Re: Icons of program

[raster redhat com]

On 25 Apr, Tom Tromey shouted:
->  >>>>> "Mark" == Mark Andrew Hulme-Jones <ceemahj@cee.hw.ac.uk> writes:
->  
->  Mark> Another couple of points before I sign off,
->  
->  Mark> 2) A friend pointed out that doing _things_ to the fs in command
->  Mark> line mode would mean that the graphical display would need
->  Mark> tidied up in real time (or as near as poss.) has any thought
->  Mark> been given to this?
->  
->  Congratulations!  You've found one of the few OS-level features where
->  NT genuinely beats Unix.
->  
->  On NT you can watch a directory tree for changes.  Programs like
->  Explorer (or whatever the file manager is called) do this so they can
->  react even when you change the file system from the command line.
->  Cool stuff (though, predictably, the Win32 API for this is a botch).
->  
->  On Unix all you can do is poll -- lose, lose.

ooh.. the amiga could do this like Nt without polling YEARS and YEARs
ago..:) :) :) Just HAd to chime that one in.. :)

->  Contemplating something better for Unix is fun, but it will probably
->  never happen.  Bummer.  It might be doable in the HURD, but that is
->  still a pretty small niche.
->
->  Tom
->  
->  

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