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Date: Fri, 29 Jul 1994 08:43:20 -0400 (EDT)
From: Rick Flashman <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: Re: Scope of an APP_DEFS file
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On Fri, 29 Jul 1994 [e-mail] wrote:

> Windows in Dialogs is in my list because programs like Interface
> allow you to have modal dialogs in windows or just dialogs. The
> advantage of not using dialogs is speed - when you are updating
> 20 items and have to bring up a dialog for each one, the small
> wait involved while the window draws can get annoying.

That must depend on code speed. I can't see any noticeable difference in
opening a windowed dialog vs. a regular dialog under Geneva (that's on an
8mhz 68000). I would guess that if someone else's code is slow, that can
be improved.

> This is all up for debate but things like that are usually saved in the
> program's own preferences file, and I take it that APP_DEFS conforming
> programs will not use their own preference files: Am I right or wrong?

I disagree. Programs like Geneva and NeoDesk keep a substancial amount of
additional information (everything from a program_flag list for Geneva to
dialog_positions for NeoDesk). I doubt you would want an APP_DEFS file
overwhelmed by all that application specific stuff.

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