Subject: Re: [Crash] [win98] Opening many windows causes crash
From: Alan Horkan (horkana@tcd.ie)
Date: Tue Mar 27 2001 - 13:11:17 CST
Internet Explorer allows me to open so many windows i have not opened
enough to crash it that way. This should cause the OS to slow to a
crawl, not crash. A warning at 13 windows or so would be a good idea,
so long as it also knows when to count down. Sometimes i accidently
hit return when ive selected loads of documents and its a disaster, at
least Abiword can be smarter than my OS.
> Abi is meant to stop openning new windows at 9. ie After Nine
> new windows you're meant to get the dialog xap_Dlg_WindowMore.cpp. This is
> an xp bug. I can get more than 9 windows on linux though I didn't try to
> see how I could open before a segault. This would be a neat test of the
> Linux kernal and Xfree if someone wants to try before someone fixes the
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