NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #16/NN_1992_16.iso/spool/comp/sys/atari/st/11616

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From: [e-mail] (Martin Gergeleit)
Subject: Re: Mint & Gemini
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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 05:49:56 GMT
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In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Bob Malay) writes:
>Is it possible (has anybody tried this?) to use Mint and Gemini at the same time??
>Can Mint startup Gemini??

Yes, I it works fine. The only Problem is, that Gemini does not know about
starting TTPs as parallel processes. So, if a TTP runns, the Desktop sleeps, as
known from Gemini + TOS. Starting a TTP as background process (with "bg") is
of course possible, but this causes other problems: The build-in Mupfel-Shell
occupies the console-window and you can not stop it because otherwise the whole
Desktop is stopped again. So background process and Mupfel output will be mixed
on the Screen.
Another problem: The Gemini console-window output-routines are not fully
multitasking proof. They seem to assume to work in the top-window. This
may mess up your sceen, if a background process writes to the partly covered
console.
Of cause you may use BG.ACC to work with a number of parallel processes, but
them you will not be able to use all of the benefits of Gemini. But I heard
rumours, that there will be a new fully-mint-aware version of Gemini in the
near future. In addition I am working on a Gemini-aware xterm clone-DA
that will also solve the problems mentioned above. I will be free and I will
anounce it as soon as it is ready.