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From: n67786@cc.tut.fi (Tero Nieminen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: All about sys 7.0 <long>
Message-ID: <N67786.91Apr2141601@lehtori.cc.tut.fi>
Date: 2 Apr 91 12:16:01 GMT
References: <1991Mar26.174540.8425@xn.ll.mit.edu> <1991Mar27.163059.27061@fwi.uva.nl>
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In-Reply-To: freek@fwi.uva.nl's message of 28 Mar 91 16:36:55 GMT


In article <1991Mar28.163655.6496@fwi.uva.nl> freek@fwi.uva.nl (Freek Wiedijk) writes:

   If you're thinking as a computer scientist you're right: the process
   scheduler is still active while the cursor is a watch (though I think
   that this won't be the case in REAL applications, which probably won't
   call Get/WaitNextEvent during lenghty operations).

IF there were such a thing as a process scheduler thing would be a lot
easier, but unfortunately there isn't one. Applications just get called
and they are expected to return in resonable time not to make too much
slag.

   However, thinking as a USER, you're wrong.  If I see a watch cursor
   I can not switch contexts (i.e. multitask); at least I would expect
   this not to be possible.

Believe me, it can and has been done and it works. (done it myself for
one :) ).

   I mean: under UNIX I can always say ^Z.  But on the Mac, no.  Now,
   don't get me wrong: I prefer the Mac to UNIX.

You should be able to switch by clicking the small aplication icon at
the reight end ot the menubar. (But what do you do if it,s not
visible cause the screen is too small and there are too many menus).

-- 
   Tero Nieminen                    Tampere University of Technology
   n67786@cc.tut.fi                 Tampere, Finland, Europe