Re: [MiNT] Toolbar width inconsistency (bad rectangle list?)

[Lonny Pursell <atari@bright.net>]

on 12/17/10 8:55 AM, Peter Slegg wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:03:59 , "J. F. Lemaire" <jflemaire@skynet.be> wrote:
>>> 
>>> In MyMail the v-slider extends to the top of the window even though
>>> there is a toolbar. MyMail might not be using the AES features.
>> 
>> Most probalby not. The problem is that MagiC never implemented the AES
>> toolbar, so any application author who wants his app to run under
>> MagiC has to code his toolbar the hard way. This is a real PITA. If
>> the situation were different, doing things like windowed dialogs would
>> be a doddle. But there you have it.
>> 
> Wow I didn't know that. Does that mean that tools like Windom don't do it
> the AES way also ?
> 
> I wonder how many regular users are still using Magic ?

It depends on the library and the authors ideas. Some libraries detect the
AES and use actual calls if available and if not mimic the behavior so its
consistent across AES versions.  Or they just do everything themselves which
results in a larger library.

Indecently I ran a prg with a real toolbar on magic once expecting some
illegal AES call error to appear or an explosion, but instead it manages to
eat the call, the app ran but was of course totally missing the toolbar.
That would be confusing to an end user.


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