Virtual timer expired
Urs Hoelzle
urs
Fri Nov 16 00:39:02 UTC 1990
> I have just started using SELF 1.0 and have run into a problem with the
> unixCommand primitive. I have been using the SELF expression:
>
> 'emacs' unixCommand
>
> to edit script files. The problem is that some time later, the message:
>
> Virtual timer expired
>
> (usually followed by a number) appears on the screen and control is
> returned to SELF (ie. emacs is aborted).
This is indeed a bug; I would suggest that you stop Self with ^Z, then use
Emacs, then go back to Self; not too elegant but it works.
> I have looked into getting access to the keyboard by reading '/dev/console'
> and it looks promising. All you have to do is call the unix command:
>
> stty raw -icanon -echo
>
> before reading keys.
An easier way is to use the _CBreak: primitive (p. I-43 of the manual)
which achieves the same effect (and handles ^Z).
Hope that helps,
-Urs
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