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From: beard@ux5.lbl.gov (Patrick C Beard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Launch qc b2 mucks with afterdark & superclock 3.9
Keywords: Launch qc b2 bugs
Message-ID: <9348@dog.ee.lbl.gov>
Date: 29 Jan 91 19:26:50 GMT
References: <2632@sparko.gwu.edu>
Reply-To: beard@ux5.lbl.gov (Patrick C Beard)
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In article <2632@sparko.gwu.edu> sm196103@seas.gwu.edu (Scott Cherkofsky) writes:
#I have just recently downloaded the newest version of Launch!  I like it based
#on its new speed, but there seem to be a few bugs that have not yet been 
#exterminated.  EXTERMINATE, EX-TERM-IN-ATE, EX-TERM-IN-ATE!!  as a Daleck
#would put it.  
#
#Anyway, when Launch is the active window, my screen saver (Afterdark 2.0t) will
#not come on after the set timeout limit.  Nor will AD come on after I move
#the mouse to the 'sleep' corner.
#
#Also, when launch is the active window, Superclock 3.9 will not continue to
#function (although when I make any other application, like finder or
#Macwrite II, active the clock will keep perfect time - even catching up with
#the time lost due to the stoppage in Launch) 
#

Sounds like Launch isn't calling SystemTask, which is why neither Superclock
nor After Dark seem to be getting time.  Sounds like a bug to me.

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