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From: eanv20@castle.ed.ac.uk (John Woods)
Subject: Re: VisualWorks -- event handling, GUI -- next version???
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David Arctur <arctur@ufl.edu> writes:

>I'm really looking forward to the next version's improved support for host-
>platform look & feel. But before you base a decision on VW's use of emulation,
>you really should see some examples of applications built so far. I've been
>able to trap window events like mouse-entry, mouse-exit, mouse-down, mouse-up,
>window-close, window-collapse, window-expand, etc. from my application. I can
>even detect and take action from mouse-entry over a window that's not the
>active (focus) window.

Is this an offer?  I certainly would like to see some of these
examples, as the `Point Release' of VW2.0 (the event driven one) is,
as far as I can make out, just entering beta-testing.

Cheers

John


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