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From: king@cell.mot.COM (Steven King)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Windows on a custom screen (Was: Lo-res to hi-res Workbench???)
Message-ID: <1722@grape3.UUCP>
Date: 18 Mar 90 18:47:08 GMT
References: <17190004@hpfcdj.HP.COM>
Organization: Motorola Inc. - Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Heights, IL 60004
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In article <17190004@hpfcdj.HP.COM> allen@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Allen Norskog) writes:
>[...]
>Another alternative would be to create a custom hi-res screen -- but how do
>I easily get CLI or edit windows to pop up on the custom screen?

Also, can this be done in the general case?  For example, I'm using ATalk III.
I wrote an ARexx script as a replacement to ATalk's truly horrid "TALK"
emulator.  Essentially, I open a NEWCON: window and use its inherent
history feature as a chat history.  Great, but I can only open one up on
the Workbench screen!  As a kludge, I must toggle ATalk back to using the
Workbench rather than its own custom screen when I want to chat.  It's
livable, but not ideal.  (But it *does* beat the bejeebers out of ATalk's
own "TALK".  I hate when, in 15 minutes, I can hack together a better
interface than one I paid good money for...)

In the same vein, I'd like to use FReq as a file requestor under ATalk.
No dice, it seems to only open on the Workbench as well.  Suggestions?

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