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From: rdb@mtunf.ATT.COM (Ron DeBlock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Is there a window patch for TOS 1.4
Keywords: TOS 1.4, bug, window
Message-ID: <1294@mtunf.ATT.COM>
Date: 6 Sep 90 14:59:27 GMT
References: <1491@unicorn.WWU.EDU> <1990Sep5.154351@heike.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
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In article <1990Sep5.154351@heike.informatik.uni-dortmund.de> klute@heike.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Rainer Klute) writes:
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<You should consider this a feature rather than a bug. Slider events (or how
<else they might be called) are sent as long as the mouse button is pressed
<while the pointer is in the grey area. This makes it possible to quickly
<scroll through a window.
<
<However, you are still right: It is extremly difficult to issue exactly
<*one* slider event. There really should be a (configurable) delay between
<the first and following slider events! It should be like with the auto
<repeat function of the keyboard: If you hold your finger on a character key
<there is a delay between the first keystroke and subsequent auto repeated
<ones.
<
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<  Univ. Dortmund, IRB             klute@unido.uucp, klute@unido.bitnet
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Hmmm...That explains the trouble I've been having paging through Word
Perfect documents.  Since I got the latest WP patch at the same time
I upgraded to TOS 1.4, I just assumed it was a WP problem.
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Ron DeBlock     N2JSO
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