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From: "Kevin O'Donovan" <abaddon@nasoftwr.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: GEM apps, in general
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 1994 10:19:56 +0100 (BST)
In-Reply-To: <m0qSxbM-0000SvC@sdf.lonestar.org> from "Evan K. Langlois" at Jul 26, 94 08:16:00 pm
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Evan K. Langlois said:
> I think there ARE places where a blit-buffer is of general use, and it
> would be nice to have a standard way of doing it that would work on
> more than one machine. Telling people they shouldn't do it is a bit
> short-sighted.
>
Agreed, in certain apps it makes a lot of sense. However it shouldn't be up
to the library to decide that its going to manage all of your windows this
way. That's all I'm saying.
--
Kevin O'Donovan
abaddon@nasoftwr.demon.co.uk
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