Re: Last item on TODO list for mc before 4.6.1

[Pavel Roskin <proski gnu org>]

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Leonard den Ottolander wrote:

> Hello Pavel,
>
> On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 18:01, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> > Out popen replacement should not complain about "broken pipe".
>
> Thanks for your explanation. One small question remains (sorry for the
> nitpicking) : What about "Warnings should be shown before the viewer is
> started if possible."? This broken pipe only happens because the
> expanded file hasn't been fully grown when terminated. No way to catch
> that before opening the viewer. I believe we can strike that remark from
> the records ;) ?

The idea is to catch and display stderr output from the filter as soon as 
they are produced.  If the filter fails outright (e.g. there is no gzip), 
the viewer should not even start.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin