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From: gk5g+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Gary Keim)
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Subject: Re: Parents, just don't understand.
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Date: 26 Jul 90 15:52:03 GMT
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Well, it is strange that there doesn't exist at least at view-class
macromethod along these lines:

class view  {

  macromethods:
	Parent()		((self)->parent)

};

I don't know what the reasoning is behind this because you just need to
get your parent sometimes -- mostly when posting menus and keystates.

Use this macro for any subclasses of view:

#define Parent(self)  ((self)->header.view.parent)

This macro is also useful:

#define  ViewLinked(self)  (view_IsAncestor(self,self_GetIM(self)))

Gary Keim
ATK Group