baxter_a@wehi.dn.mu.oz (04/25/91)
In article <1991Apr22.103115.3443@sugar.hackercorp.com>, peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > In article <1991Apr19.003233.16889@netcom.COM> rodent@netcom.COM (Ben Discoe) writes: >> I'm working on a custom screen and I'd like to manipulate several >> "text windows" without using real Intuition windows. In fact, I am >> trying to emulate the manner in which MSDOS applications allow >> "windowing" on text-based screens. I think the Layers library is >> ideal for doing this? > > Why are you doing this? > > If this is for a real program, please reconsider. The biggest advantage that > the Mac has is that Apple sits down hard on developers that break with their > look and feel (and sits down hard on competitors that don't. :-<). In any case, > proghrams should work as hard as they can to stick to the general Amiga user > interface. Why make things harder for yourself when all it'll do is hurt? > -- > Peter da Silva. `-_-' > <peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>. Not the sort of Mac programs I use. Most scientific mac programs don't follow Apple's rules. Systat doesn't even support the delete key! The "same user interface" stuff on the mac is greatly overstated. (IMHO) Regards Alan