--- ray/src/rt/devmain.c	1990/03/06 17:44:44	1.10
+++ ray/src/rt/devmain.c	1991/11/12 17:09:01	2.1
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ char	*argv[];
 	if ((dev = dinit(argv[0], argv[3])) == NULL)
 		quit(1);
 	putw(COM_RECVM, devout);		/* verify initialization */
+	sendstate();
 	fflush(devout);
 						/* loop on requests */
 	while ((com = getc(devin)) != EOF) {
@@ -106,10 +107,7 @@ r_flush()				/* flush output */
 	if (dev->flush != NULL)
 		(*dev->flush)();
 	putc(COM_FLUSH, devout);
-	fwrite((char *)&dev->pixaspect, sizeof(dev->pixaspect), 1, devout);
-	putw(dev->xsiz, devout);
-	putw(dev->ysiz, devout);
-	putw(dev->inpready, devout);
+	sendstate();
 	fflush(devout);
 }
 
@@ -156,7 +154,7 @@ r_comin()				/* read string from command line */
 					/* reply */
 	putc(COM_COMIN, devout);
 	myputs(buf, devout);
-	putw(dev->inpready, devout);
+	sendstate();
 	fflush(devout);
 }
 
@@ -187,15 +185,26 @@ register FILE	*fp;
 stderr_v(s)				/* put string to stderr */
 register char  *s;
 {
-	static int  inline = 0;
+	static int  midline = 0;
 
-	if (!inline++) {
+	if (!*s)
+		return;
+	if (!midline++) {
 		fputs(progname, stderr);
 		fputs(": ", stderr);
 	}
 	fputs(s, stderr);
-	if (*s && s[strlen(s)-1] == '\n') {
+	if (s[strlen(s)-1] == '\n') {
 		fflush(stderr);
-		inline = 0;
+		midline = 0;
 	}
+}
+
+
+sendstate()				/* send driver state variables */
+{
+	fwrite((char *)&dev->pixaspect, sizeof(dev->pixaspect), 1, devout);
+	putw(dev->xsiz, devout);
+	putw(dev->ysiz, devout);
+	putw(dev->inpready, devout);
 }