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From: bartonr@jove.cs.pdx.edu (Robert Barton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: SetPrefs()
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Date: 27 Oct 89 15:18:43 GMT
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Reply-To: bartonr@jove.cs.pdx.edu (Robert Barton)
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 eric@cbmvax.UUCP (Eric Cotton) writes:
>  I've seen a few PD Prefs programs about.  With these there is no
>"yanking the rug out from beneath the user."

  Presumably because it's obvious to someone using one of these programs that
he's changing the Preferences?

>I stand corrected.  Note all the warnings and cautions in that chapter.

  Right.  I should have mentioned that this was the "Internal Procedures"
chapter, not the main part of the book.  It's not in the index, either.

 me:
>>  You need to move the Intuition View to the left.  Since poking IntuitionBase
>>is a no-no, you have to use SetPrefs().  Is there going to be a new way to do
>>this in 1.4?
>You betcha!

  Glad to hear it.  Using SetPrefs() isn't an intuitive way to do something
like this, but it's currently the best way.  Could you elaborate?