[comp.binaries.mac] Macintosh Technical Notes - 244 A Leading Cause of Color Cursor Cursing

bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long) (07/01/89)

[Macintosh Technical Notes - 244 A Leading Cause of Color Cursor Cursing]

Written by:  Alan Mimms					       June 1989

Working with color cursors you create from scratch can cause  headaches.
This Technical Note may help a bit.

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bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long) (10/22/89)

[10/89 Macintosh Technical Notes - 244 A Leading Cause of Color Cursor Cursing]

Revised by:	Alan Mimms				    October 1989
Written by:	Alan Mimms				       June 1989

Working with color cursors you create from scratch can cause  headaches.
This Technical Note may help a bit.

Changes since  June  1989:   Added  a  warning  about  purgeable  'clut'
resources.

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