Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ames!claris!apple!voder!blia!mao From: mao@blia.BLI.COM (Mike Olson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Number of windows? Keywords: demo, NeXT Message-ID: <5861@blia.BLI.COM> Date: 2 Dec 88 17:06:15 GMT References: <193@utacfd.UUCP> <1734@csun.edu> <28876@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Reply-To: mao@blia.UUCP (Mike Olson) Followup-To: comp.windows.x Organization: Britton Lee Lines: 15 bob@allosaur writes: > The X server sees each client connection through a socket, which takes > up a file descriptor slot, which counts against NOFILE. For example, > using an X server compiled before SunOS 3.4, one could only have 14 > windows open on the screen because NOFILE was only 15 ... this isn't strictly next-related, so i'll keep it brief (followups to comp.windows.x) -- the number of open *windows* is distinct from the number of *clients*. a single client (program) may open as many as it wants; as a test, i just opened four thousand on a sun 3/60 running sunOS 3.4. mike olson britton lee, inc. ...!ucbvax!mtxinu!blia!mao mao@blia.BLI.COM