Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!hoss!fergvax!231b3678 From: 231b3678@fergvax.unl.edu (Phil Dietz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm Subject: Re: Telecom program in a window? Message-ID: <1991Feb22.210237.12783@hoss.unl.edu> Date: 22 Feb 91 21:02:37 GMT References: <1991Feb22.025305.4559@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> Sender: news@hoss.unl.edu (Network News Administer) Organization: Comp Sci and Engr, Univ. of Nebr. Lines: 25 With WB2.0, screens will have an option to become PUBLIC, meaning windows can be put on it or taken off if they want too. If you really want a WINDOW comm program and you have 2.0, simply make the terminal use a window (like jrcomm), then move the window to the screen you want. NOTE: jrcomm hasn't been compiled to use PUBLIC SCREENS, so you'll have to wait....but you get the picture. The reason a MAC opens a window is that the system is geared around ONE common screen-- the desktop. If you run multi-finder you'll notice that every program you run will be on the same screen. To get to one program, you have to dig around with the window to find the one you want. The Amiga on the otherhand allows SCREENS to be created just as easily as windows. The benefits are that each program is organized to its own screen, thus preventing clutter. One bad thing is that commodore doen't offer a DECENT way of swapping screens. To relieve this problem, get QMOUSE, screenx, or someother type of dealy. Phil Dietz --- University of Nebraska Phil Dietz // Computer Science 231b3678@fergvax.unl.edu \\// out the 235b4271@fergvax.unl.edu \/ Amiga!