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[Robin Cook <rcook AT wyrms.net>]

I'm with David. I turn it so I can see it as thing compile so I can note
if I see something strange and go back to look at it later.

CuZnDragon
Robin Cook

On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 16:39 -0600, David Kowis wrote:

> But I like to watch things compile. It makes me feel better. Like I'm not
> wasting several hours compiling software instead of doing something with it.
> I don't think it's that bad.
> It would be cool in a windowed type environment, so that you can see where
> you are in the list of steps, the stuff being downloaded, and the
> compilation messages. I don't suppose there's any way to do that without
> using a gui...
> Oh well, just the deranged ravings of a tired soul.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sm-discuss-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:sm-discuss-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Eric Sandall
> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 3:40 PM
> To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Sorcery VOYEUR default
> 
> 
> Quoting Vladimír Marek <vlmarek AT volny.cz>:
> > Yes, generally this is a nice idea. Two things against:
> > a) time
> > cast mozilla takes it's time, and people may start to be nervous after
> > tree hours. They can always look at `top`, but I'd rather that not be the
> "fix".
> 
> Perhaps some method of letting the user know that cast is doing something? A
> spinner, perhaps?
> 
> > b) in case of error
> > it's nice to see what actually failed
> 
> `gaze compile <spell>` should show the latest log (whether it was successful
> or
> not).
> 
> > ad a)
> > Isn't there some way to attach to running cast (gaze voyeur or
> > something ?) which would display full log on request ?
> 
> There is `gaze voyeur` (run as root) which will view the cast as it happens.
>  
> > ad b) I haven't seen any errors (not counting my experiments with spell
> > system) so far, and in the rare case when shit happens, we could use the
> > attach method as in a), right ?
> 
> Yep.
> 
> -sandalle
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