Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 13:23:21 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Martin Stromberg <Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se>
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Subject: Re: Out of selectors problem with bash
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On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Martin Stromberg wrote:

> Sorry to bother you, but I'm fairly sure I read something about running 
> out of selectors using bash in WINDOZE in the FAQ.

You are right, there is such a fragment.

> I've looked for "bash", "dpmi", "selector", "memory" in the topic index,
> and for "bash" in the program index.

There are several places with `selector' in the Program Index, but I 
guess you didn't look there.  Program Index means it is *arranged* by a 
program name, but it doesn't mean the entries there are only program 
names.  So when in doubt, search both the indices for the topics.

The best way to look in the indices is by using Info's `i' command: press 
`i', type "selector RET", and then press comma `,' until the node that is 
displayed is what you want.  Using this method, the third hit displayed 
by Info was the one I looked for.

The advantage of this method is that you don't need to guess in what 
index does an issue belong.  You also don't need to go to the index 
node to use this command.

> To Eli: perhaps adding an entry "bash: no selectors" or something to the 
> program index?

It's not specific to Bash (Make can also fail like this), so it is 
catalogued under Windows.

> And perhaps something to the topic index too, although I'm
> not sure under what word.

I will try to add some more indexing, thanks.  (I almost never get any 
feedback about the indices, so either they are exceptionally good, which 
I don't believe, or nobody uses them.)