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From: cunniff@hpfcso.HP.COM (Ross Cunniff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: 2.0 Intuition Features
Message-ID: <9310012@hpfcso.HP.COM>
Date: 1 Oct 90 16:12:41 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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>1. Does 2.0 support multiple-levels of sub-menus, instead of the single
>   level of sub-menu supported by 1.3?

No.

>2. Is there support for automatically making a multi-column menu if there
>   are too many menu items to fit on the screen?  This is particularly
>   important for programs that run in several different screen resolutions.
>   This will also be important if only one level of sub-menu is supported.

I *think* this is supported by one of the toolkits; I'll look it up when I
get home tonight.

>3. Is there support for Open Look-style "pinned" menus?

No.

>4. Is there finally a standard file requester?

Yes.  The asl.library has a very nice file requester in it.

>5. Are proportional fonts supported everywhere (i.e. in text gadgets)?

Yes.  Note that this can sometimes be *more* work for the programmer.

>6. Is there better support for super bitmap windows?  Trying to program the
>   prop gadgets in 1.3 is so cumbersome that many programs don't take advantage
>   of scrollable windows.  I don't want to plan to use scrollable windows if
>   the programming interface is no better than 1.3.

The programming interface for gadgets has vastly improved under 2.0.  I
assume you have access to the 2.0 autodocs; if not, I would suggest that
you immediately get them.

>-- Alan Bland

				Ross Cunniff
				Hewlett-Packard Colorado Language Lab
				cunniff@hpfcla.HP.COM