N Vande Casteele wrote: > Yes, this is the case. I have also encountered this 'problem' -- the file > written away is 0 bytes and an error message is only printed on the console > which is not good when running under XWindows since one doesn't bother > looking at the console output and thus has no way of knowing the file was > actually not saved. > I know it's just a matter of personal taste, but I personally like the little "xconsole" program...just have it there around in a corner of your screen... Another trick can be to use a totally transparent ETerm that does a tail -f /var/log/messages , so you'll have the messages appearing right in your root window... Of course, that means you want to look at all the messages your system sends to "you" ; which is in my sense not a bad habit... Regards Thierry Michalowksi
begin:vcard n:Michalowski;Thierry tel;cell:+33 6 82 93 73 30 tel;home:+41 21 601 35 22 tel;work:+41 21 349 4626 x-mozilla-html:TRUE org:Edipresse Publications S.A.;Informatique de Production adr:;;33,av de la gare;Lausanne;;CH-1001;Suisse version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] note;quoted-printable:<br>Unix <u>is</u> user-friendly...<br>=0D=0AIt is just selective about who its friends are.<br> x-mozilla-cpt:;1760 fn:Thierry Michalowski end:vcard
