Re: [MiNT] WCOWORK implementation : conclusions.

[Andreas Bär <asbaer@asrael.franken.de>]

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Hi!

I followed the thread all the time and as there was the question for
some comments, so here are my thougths on the topic.

I understand the need for the WCOWORK-mode and i second it. As i started
to code some smaller programs i found it quite anoying to convert
between FULL an WORK-areas. WORK area was/is the area i cared about,
FULL was what the AES told my about the windows. If there is a
function-mode where a application only has to care about the WORK-area,
i think this would be a clarifying and easier to handle step.

What i see in the discussion is that there is a misunderstanding between
the two partiesand i really can't understand it.

As Ozk stated several times: a app that deals the normal/old-way (not
using the WCOWORK-mode) will function as known, no need to care about
it. But if, and _only then_, a app wants to run in the WCOWORK-mode, it
will get the new returns. To get in the new mode - the app has to turn
it on, its like Pdomain(). If i got it right and its functioning that
way - great! No problem for me, all i can say is 'Good Job'.

> I mostly agree, but it is concievable that a library would want to
> simply open a
> window.  Assume that windom will manage all the events for this window
> and send
> the library just redraws, and tell the library when the window is closed.
> This isn't all that unclean, but the parameters to wind_create are
> suddenly not
> what the library expected if you are in WCOWORK mode.
As i stated above - the app has to turn the mode on - so it knows about
the mode and has to handle it in the right way.

Just my thoughts,
Andi
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Andreas Bär     asbaer@asrael.franken.de
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