Re: HardPressed

[fadden@uts.amdahl.com (Andy McFadden)]

In article <25d4l5$7i2@nuscc.nus.sg> isc26330@leonis.nus.sg (ONG TAT-WEE) writes:
>	I wonder if it is possible to add delayed compression to Hard
>Pressed.  The user will select the files to compress but Hard Pressed
>won't do anything yet (or on the spot).  The user can then work on other
>things with the IIgs.  Later, when the user wants to take a break (go
>toilet, get some chips to munch, etc), he/she can then move the mouse
>cursor to say the upper right hand corner of the screen before leaving. 
>Now, when the user is gone, Hard Pressed will then compress the files.

It'd be possible to do this without adding it to HP.  Just write an INIT
that does all of the fancy stuff, then does an open/read/write/close on the
file.  You have to do some annoying tricks to FORCE it to compress, but
that'll be fixed with the next version of HP when I add IPC "compress now"
messages.

So, there's no reason why it needs to be an integral part of HP.  The only
advantage to doing so is that otherwise it's not possible to interrupt HP if
you come back from the bathroom and want to go back to work.

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fadden@uts.amdahl.com (Andy McFadden)
[ Above opinions are mine, Amdahl has nothing to do with them, etc, etc. ]