Re: Windows that disappear/rea

[lynch@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (Richard Lynch)]

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>   From: ST.CLAIR@AppleLink.Apple.COM (St. Clair, William)
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>      From: Andrew L. M. Shalit <alms@cambridge.apple.com>
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>	 From: lynch@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (Richard Lynch)
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>	 Is there a bit somewhere that can be set so that a(ll) window(s) will
>	 disappear when MACL 1.3.2 is swapped out and reappear when the
>	 application becomes active again?
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>      No, there isn't.  Certain future operating systems do, though, support
>      this functionality as a user option.
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>      If you want it to happen under program control (rather than under user
>      control), you could try just moving the windows off screen.
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>   The only problem here is that there is no hook in MCL that lets the user
>   know when MCL switches between foreground and background.  Maybe we should
>   have something like *FOREGROUND-CHANGED-HOOK* which is a list of functions
>   to call after the value of *FOREGROUND* changes.  (note: you can write
>   an *eventhook* that will notice when this happens).
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>What about the scrap handling functions?  Don't those give you a
>hook into switch-outs and switch-ins?
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>   -andrew
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I'll be damned.  How come I didn't think of that?

"TANSTAAFL" Rich lynch@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu