Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!cbmvax!valentin From: valentin@cbmvax.UUCP (Valentin Pepelea) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: 1.4 Wish: Revamped sizing gadget Keywords: hack up intuitionprivate (ooh nasty) Message-ID: <8258@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 24 Oct 89 22:17:38 GMT References: <2344@cbnewsl.ATT.COM> <3987@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> <3397@puff.cs.wisc.edu> Reply-To: valentin@cbmvax.UUCP (Valentin Pepelea) Distribution: na Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 23 In article <3397@puff.cs.wisc.edu> pochron@gumby.cs.wisc.edu (David Pochron) writes: >One simple solution to just about all of the problems which have been >discussed so far on this subject would simply be to do the unthinkable... >modify the INTUITIONBASE struct and just put your own gadget structs with new >images, positions, etc. > >I wrote a nifty little assembly language program which does this, and if I >ever get the incentive to write a .doc file for it, I'll post it. This is *guaranteed* not to work in future versions of the OS. In order to save potential users of your software the agonizing pain of discovering incompatibilities in their preferred utilities, I suggest you nicely write a complete .doc file, provide examples and tutorials, package the stuff nicely in a .zoo file, put it on a 100% certified error-free floppy, shrink-wrap the thing, and drop it into the garbage can! :-) Valentin -- "An operating system without Name: Valentin Pepelea virtual memory is an operating Phone: (215) 431-9100 system without virtue." Usenet: uunet!cbmvax!valentin Bitnet: cbmvax!valentin@uunet.uu.net - Ancient Inca Proverb Claimer: these aren't Commodore thoughts