TerminalIODoc.tioga
Christian Jacobi, September 23, 1985 1:54:47 pm PDT
TerminalIO
CEDAR 6.0 — FOR INTERNAL XEROX USE ONLY
TerminalIO
Christian Jacobi
© Copyright 1985 Xerox Corporation. All rights reserved.
Abstract: Package which implements a single, shared terminal viewer.
Created by: Christian Jacobi
Maintained by: Christian Jacobi <Jacobi.pa>
Keywords: IO
XEROX Xerox Corporation
Palo Alto Research Center
3333 Coyote Hill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
For Internal Xerox Use Only
1. Usage
Sequential IO for "terminal and keyboard"
All processes share one terminal viewer.
All procedures must not be called from inside a viewers-repaint or a TIP-notify procedure.
All output procedure might be delayed while input is pending.
Please look at the definition modules
TerminalIO.mesa: main definitions.
TerminalIOExtras.mesa: additional procedures. These procedures are not included in TerminalIO.mesa because its implementation looks ugly.