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From: chaffee@reed.UUCP (Alex Chaffee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Help!
Summary: Don't patch GNE; use jGNEFilter instead
Message-ID: <14463@reed.UUCP>
Date: 20 Mar 90 05:10:30 GMT
References: <45183.25FD20CE@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> <25ff4e70.643e@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Reply-To: chaffee@reed.UUCP (Alex Chaffee)
Organization: Reed College, Portland OR
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In article <25ff4e70.643e@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> rcfische@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU 
<INITs are code resources that are loaded into memory _once_ during
<startup and executed.  Most INITs make some changes to the Mac and
<install some of their own code as part of the startup so that they
<can get control later and do some nifty stuff.
...
<in the menu, even when the menu gets re-drawn.  Then you might want
<to look at hooking into GetNextEvent so that you can intercept mouse
<downs and see if they're on your icon.

A small suggestion - rather than patching GetNextEvent, take advantage of
the low-memory global jGNEFilter, which is sort of a built-in tail patch on
GNE.  It's documeted in a tech note (I can't remember the number); I could
give you source code if you're interested.

<Ray Fischer
<rcfische@polyslo.calpoly.edu
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Alex Chaffee
chaffee@reed.UUCP
Reed College, Portland OR 97202
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