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From: rl@sei.cmu.edu (Robin Lampert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: combining stacks
Keywords: stacks, merge, same background
Message-ID: <3593@go.sei.cmu.edu>
Date: 29 Jun 89 20:16:45 GMT
Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University (Software Engineering Institute), Pgh, PA
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Does anyone know how to combine stacks?

I know how to do it a card at a time with cut/paste, but
I'd prefer to be able to do it with a single sequence.

I don't want to use a cut/paste script, because that will
turn each background into a new background, so modifying
one of them no longer changes the other cards that were of
the same background -- I'd greatly prefer that it stay the
same background.

For example, if stack Alpha has backgrounds a, b and
c, and stack Zeta has backgrounds d, e, and f.

stack Alpha: a a b c a b   and    stack Zeta: x y z z x

If I merge these stacks using a cut/paste method I'll get
a a b c a b x1 y1 z1 z2 z3 x2
where changing something in background z1 will *not* change
the same thing in background z2 anymore, instead of 
a a b c a b x y z z x
where the z backgrounds are still considered to be the same
background by the stack.  This second kind of combination
is what I want.  

Do you know how to do this?  If you do, I would greatly
appreciate your help.  I'll keep an eye on this bboard for
replies, or you can send e-mail.  Thanks.

-Robin Lampert
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