Notes...that flash by and are gone...(was Re: any good audio/video editing apps in macports?)

[Jan Stary]

On Feb 26 15:37:45, sewebster at gmail.com wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Jan Stary <hans at stare.cz> wrote:
> > I agree, in such situations we cannot do anything.
> > How does that make install messages interspersed
> > in various places in the install output better
> > than having them at one place?
> >
> 
> Perhaps it is minor, but because if you are watching the install you
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You mean you launch 'port install' and watch it
line by line, playing the game of
read-it--before-it-scrolls-away?
Are you serious?

> can still see the notes get printed,

Possibly, if you spend the entire time an install
takes to run staring into the screen. Laughable.

> before your system crashes.

What's with the crashes? I am talking about
a normal routine port job.