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From: blochowi@rt19.cs.wisc.edu (Jason Blochowiak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Multi-tasking windowing environment (was Re: Telecomm prg of the gods)
Keywords: desktop, multi-tasking, //gs
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Date: 11 Sep 89 20:11:01 GMT
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In article <8909110139.AA02355@TIS.COM> lee@TIS.COM (Theodore Lee) writes:
> [...]
> [Talks about desire to do background transfers, amongst other things]
>                                                            I guess what
>I really want is some kind of true multi-window applicaitons environemnt
>for the GS rather than the one now that only looks like it is one -- you
>can have many different windows open doing different things, but only
>if you have an integrated application; you can't integrate (operate
>concurrently) different applications.

	Well, gee, funny you should mention that... Amongst N other projects
that I'm toying with, a multi-tasking system is one of them. I've named it
DMTS for (wow), Desktop Multi-Tasking System, and I've done a little bit of
work on it, but stopped for a variety of reasons. The biggest one is support -
it'd be useless for me to write it without anybody else writing stuff for it.
It wouldn't multi-task existing applications - only ones written specifically
for it. I've basically figured out how I'd handle sharing of desktop
"resources" (in the more conventional sense). Things like events, windows,
menus, etc., but there are still some things I have to work out. If there's
any suggestions from users out there for things you'd like (if possible,
separate the "gee, that'd be really nice" from the "it'd be useless without"
features), I'd like to hear from you. If there are suggestions from programmers
out there as to a specific type of architecture they'd like to see, or specific
services offered by the kernal, I'd also like to hear them...

>lee@TIS.COM


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