[comp.sys.atari.st] What does the control panel do, exactly?

saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs) (05/02/89)

Is there any good documentation available on the detailed working of the 
control panel?  I don't mean what happens when you open it on a bare
desktop and click on various items; I mean which settings does it read when
first opened, which settings does it change immediately and with what OS
calls, what causes it to re-read the settings, does it do any kind of 
synchronization, that kind of stuff.  This may not be as clear as it should
be: what I want is the information needed to make the control panel 
cooperate with another program that also sets palette colors.  

If there isn't any good documentation, would someone who's been this way 
before care to pass along some information?  I guess mail me anything you
think is true, post what you're absolutely sure of, because I think it 
might interest a lot of people.
                                  Steve J.