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MacTerminal writing locked documents

Posted: November 29th, 1984, 12:01 am
by Info-Mac
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Subject: MacTerminal writing locked documents
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Date: Fri, 26-Oct-84 10:48:48 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 26 10:48:48 1984
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From: [email protected]
I thought EVERYONE knew that locks, write-protection,
copy-protection, and the like were only for dumb users (the rest of
you...) You don't expect SYSTEM PROGRAMMERS to pay attention to such
things, do you?
The real fun starts when you find MacTerminal complaining that a document
you have "locked" has been "damaged by another application" (when, of
course, the only application you've run is MacTerminal...
-Ken Sloan