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From: ericg@ucschu.ucsc.edu (Eric Goodman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: GEM window limit
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Date: 25 Jul 90 19:59:30 GMT
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In article <1990Jul23.133653.9285@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> 
pietrzak@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (John Pietrzak) writes:
>  After writing a short program which
> displayed multiple windows on the screen, I was dismayed to find that it
> was limited to only 7.   Although I can't see me writing an application
> needing more than this, I was wondering whether there was some way to 
give
> the OS a little more space for windowing purposes (I have a mega 4, and 
I'm
> certain that there was more ram to spare after the seven windows were
> displayed).

I believe the same OS limitations that only allow 6 desktop accessories 
keeps you from opening more than 7 windows.  The OS can only address 8 
different processes at once,so there's "no need" to be able to address 
more windows.  With 6 desk accessories, one program and the desktop, 
you're out of room.

--- Eric


Eric Goodman, UC Santa Cruz

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