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From: wiml@milton.acs.washington.edu (William Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: DPS magic numbers
Summary: What are they? Where are they listed?
Message-ID: <4187@milton.acs.washington.edu>
Date: 16 Jun 90 07:22:41 GMT
Reply-To: wiml@milton.u.washington.edu (William Lewis)
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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   I've noticed that there are a lot of magic numbers associated with
the DPS system on the NeXT. Unfortunately, they don't seem to be
documented anywhere -- I've had to glean them from sources and such.
For instance, window 0 is the same size as the screen; context -13 seems
to be traditional to stick background windows to; there are more
but I can't remember them. Anyway, does anyone have a list of these
numbers, or better yet, can refer me to some documentation which
the Librarian somehow keeps failing to find that refers to these
numbers? Any help appreciated...