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From: peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Help with windows
Message-ID: <18010@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 24 Jan 91 17:27:06 GMT
References: <7126@crash.cts.com> <1991Jan23.025455.27163@portia.Stanford.EDU>
Reply-To: peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1991Jan23.025455.27163@portia.Stanford.EDU> mmaston@portia.Stanford.EDU (Michael Maston) writes:
>I think if you make it a GIMMEZEROZERO window (as outlined in the 1.3 ROM
>Kernal Manual), it will make these gadgets (drag bar,etc) on a different
>layer, keeping them from messing up your bitmap.

His window is BORDERLESS.  A borderless gimme-zero-zero window is silly.
Frivolous use of gimme-zero-zero windows is not recommended.  GZZ is
required for super-bitmap windows, and fairly few other uses.  User
clip-regions (see InstallClipRegion()) cover many of the other cases.

>Michael Maston

     Peter
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