Re: window-layer problem

[bill@cambridge.apple.com (Bill St. Clair)]

>Sorry if this is old news or is a stupid move on my part, but I can't seem
>to get the key-word :window-layer to work properly when I create a window:
>? (defvar y (make-instance 'window :window-layer 3))
>This creates a new window, but makes it the frontmost window (layer 0).
>I want the window to be created at layer 3.  Can anyone help me?

Not old news, but a bug that has been there since 2.0b1 at least.
I guess you're the first one to try this since 2.0b1 shipped.
A patch is enclosed. This patch will be part of patch 2 for MCL 2.0.
(patch 1 will be available soon. Really.)


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