ins778u@vax4.cc.monash.edu.au (mr c.r. hames) (10/09/90)
Could someone help me with the following:-
1. WITHOUT opening a window, is there a nice way to find if the a
custom screen is the active one? The only way I know is looking
at IntuitionBase->ActiveScreen. Is this alright or is it going to
break ?
2. WITHOUT opening a window, is there a nice way to change the pointer
for the screen.
3. I want to give the option of changing the tasks priority to the priority
level of the input.device but no higher. Can I assume the task will
be called input.device and hence traverse the task ready/waiting lists
to find the priority ?
4. The trackdisk.device RAW_READ for 1.2/1.3 is said to fail in certain
circumstances. What are they? Does Setpatch correct this?
Thanks in advance,
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OR uunet.uu.net\!vax4.cc.monash.edu.au\!ins778u ojesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) (10/10/90)
In article <4925@monu1.cc.monash.oz> ins778u@vax4.cc.monash.edu.au (mr c.r. hames) writes: >4. The trackdisk.device RAW_READ for 1.2/1.3 is said to fail in certain > circumstances. What are they? Does Setpatch correct this? It fails usually when you have only one floppy hooked up. It usually works with more than one floppy. The error returned is a wrong length error (the length-check of the data depends on a value in a specific memory location, which usually ends up in the 2nd trackdisk's buffer space). It is not fixed by setpatch. It is, of course, fixed in 2.0. -- Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering. {uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!jesup, jesup@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com BIX: rjesup Common phrase heard at Amiga Devcon '89: "It's in there!"
forgeas@swinjm.UUCP (Jean-Michel Forgeas) (10/10/90)
In article <4925@monu1.cc.monash.oz>, mr c.r. hames writes: > Could someone help me with the following:- > > 1. WITHOUT opening a window, is there a nice way to find if the a > custom screen is the active one? The only way I know is looking > at IntuitionBase->ActiveScreen. Is this alright or is it going to > break ? I think it's allright if you 1) LockIBase(), 2) look at IntuitionBase->ActiveScreen, 3) ReadWhatYouWant, 4) UnlockIBase() to prevent intuition to close the screen after 2) and before 3). > 2. WITHOUT opening a window, is there a nice way to change the pointer > for the screen. I don't remember where but I did id with a sequence like this: - GetPrefs() - Modify the Intuition pointer image - SetPrefs() Don't know if this works under 2.0... > 3. I want to give the option of changing the tasks priority to the [...] > 4. The trackdisk.device RAW_READ for 1.2/1.3 is said to fail in [...] Don't know. -- \___/ Jean-Michel Forgeas \-/ cbmvax!cbmehq!cbmfra!swinjm!forgeas | The Software Winery -^- And, where is the universe ?
ken@cbmvax.commodore.com (Ken Farinsky - CATS) (10/11/90)
In article <1806ce57.ARN01966@swinjm.UUCP> forgeas@swinjm.UUCP (Jean-Michel Forgeas) writes: >In article <4925@monu1.cc.monash.oz>, mr c.r. hames writes: > >> 2. WITHOUT opening a window, is there a nice way to change the pointer >> for the screen. > >I don't remember where but I did id with a sequence like this: > - GetPrefs() > - Modify the Intuition pointer image > - SetPrefs() >Don't know if this works under 2.0... This will change the default pointer for the whole system, not just the one screen. You cannot set the pointer on a screen-by- screen basis. You really need to set it for each window you are using. -- -- Ken Farinsky - CATS - (215) 431-9421 - Commodore Business Machines uucp: ken@cbmvax.commodore.com or ...{uunet,rutgers}!cbmvax!ken bix: kfarinsky