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From: fl@tools.uucp (Frank Lancaster)
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Subject: Re: Creation of a Taskwindow
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Date: 8 May 91 08:23:56 GMT
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In-reply-to: Julian.Wright@comp.vuw.ac.nz's message of 7 May 91 05:30:56 GMT


> scroll the desktop off the top of the screen... It might also be possible
> to implement a 'virtual screen' via redirection to a sprite - and have
> for example, the Basic Editor running in a window in the desktop...

Hmm. I've written a programme called !TaskTool which does exactly this.
You can run any programme which uses VDU sequences for graphic output
in it. Alas, this programme is not public domain, but I've seen illegal
copies of it popping up in many places.

Frank