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From: tbomb!time (Tim Endres)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Is there a defacto standard for 'drop ins'?
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 91 19:38:37 EST
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In article <1991Mar21.223638.4346@ssd.kodak.com>, ph@ssd.kodak.com (Pete Hoch) writes:
> So I was wondering, do they all do it the same way?  Should
> Apple step in and provide a filter manager?  Is this hard to
> do today without Apples help?  Also, is this a good idea?

Most of these mechanisms use a very similar technique.

However, all differ in content and calling conventions, and it is
very doubtful that a universal solution would be easily decided upon.
However, I am certain some could be standardized. For instance, there
could be a common interface for operations that work on text selections.
Of course, even then, some cases will still not fit...

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