gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu (12/01/90)
------ I have a basic idea of the IAC capabilities which will be in System 7, but I remember hearing a few months ago that one of the big IAC features which was promised at the developers conference in '89 would be missing in the inital release of 7. What are the main IAC features that will be in 7, and which is the missing one? Robert ============================================================================ = gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu * generic disclaimer: * "It's more fun to = = * all my opinions are * compute" = = * mine * -Kraftwerk = ============================================================================
boris@world.std.com (Boris Levitin) (12/02/90)
gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes: >I remember hearing a few months ago that one of the big IAC features which was >promised at the developers conference in '89 would be missing in the inital >release of 7. What are the main IAC features that will be in 7, and which is >the missing one? Edition Manager will apparently be there, as well as AppleEvents (although so far only the basic events corresponding to the stereotypical File menu have been defined, as far as I know. MacWeek keeps reporting that developers are screaming at Apple to take the lead in defining AppleEvents, while Apple feels it should be resolved in some sort of UN-peace-talks-like consensus. If MacWeek is incorrect, I'd appreciate someone posting the facts). The one big chunk of IAC that will not be there is AppleScript. I will miss it terribly. According to Apple people at the Oct. 15 new product rollout, the actual coding of AppleScript hasn't even begun yet.
wilkins@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Mark Wilkins) (12/03/90)
In article <1990Dec2.104834.27826@world.std.com> boris@world.std.com (Boris Levitin) writes: >Edition Manager will apparently be there, as well as AppleEvents (although >so far only the basic events corresponding to the stereotypical File menu >have been defined, as far as I know. MacWeek keeps reporting that developers >are screaming at Apple to take the lead in defining AppleEvents, while >Apple feels it should be resolved in some sort of UN-peace-talks-like >consensus. If MacWeek is incorrect, I'd appreciate someone posting the >facts). Apple has defined a set of AppleEvents for all the File-menu stuff as well as a couple of functional-area AppleEvent sets. The ones which I remember offhand as already defined are: Text AppleEvents, Finder AppleEvents (for launching applications etc.), and a set of low-level AppleEvents which correspond to mouse clicks, drags, etc. More are in the works, but Apple definitely still wants developers involved. For more info, see the AppleEvents Registry, Introduction to AppleEvent Objects, and Inside Mac VI on the System 7.0b1 CD. -- Mark Wilkins -- ******* "Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude!" ********** *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------* * Mark R. Wilkins wilkins@jarthur.claremont.edu {uunet}!jarthur!wilkins * ****** MARK.WILKINS on AppleLink ****** MWilkins on America Online ******