Re[3]: [PATCH] ext.c, regex_command ()

[Pavel Tsekov <ptsekov gmx net>]

Hello, Pavel! :)

Wednesday, August 21, 2002, 9:52:39 PM, you wrote:

PR> Hello!

PR> I feel bad that I broke the code ask asked your for help and then fixed it
PR> myself.  I hope you didn't lose much time on it.

The important thing is that the right code is now in CVS :)

PR> Reorganization of the code, if done by clean hands, is not the most
PR> intrusive change.  It doesn't matter if you move everything around or not,
PR> it matters if you don't lose anything while doing it.  Comments and
PR> documentation are also important.

I'll have in mind that for the future :) I plan to invest some of my
time on MC so this is important to know.

[snip]

PR> The subshell is very fragile.  It lives its own life.  mc thinks that it 
PR> knows what the shell does, but it's not always true.  The subshell can be 
PR> "busy", i.e. it got some keystrokes, but didn't return the prompt.

We all know that from the recent discussions :)

Pavel Tsekov

P.S. I'm awaiting the new snapshot :)