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From: forsyth@cal... forsyth@cal...
Subject: [9fans] Novice use of libg
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 23:17:31 GMT

>>	if ((Estdin = estart((ulong)0, 0, 8192)) == 0)
>>		panic("Estdin = estart(0, 0, 8192) fails");
>>	einit(Emouse | Estdin);

einit must be called before estart (it initialises the state for
the other event routines).

on Plan 9, you can use
	fprint(2, ...);
to print directly to a file descriptor, instead of
	fprintf(stderr, ...
avoiding an old library and the possible need to fflush.