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From: time@ice.com (Tim Endres)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: MPW and system()
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Date: 17 May 91 18:35:52 GMT
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In article <52987@apple.Apple.COM>, keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) writes:
> In article <1991May16.203946.3969@verity.com> anders@verity.com (Anders Wallgren) writes:
> >It would be nice if MPW could run tools within tools, but right now
> >I'm just happy enough to be able to pull down the Apple and
> >application menus while tools are running...
> 
> Have you seen the other things you can in MPW now when tools are
> running? I really like being able to play around with the windows
> (move, resize, scroll them). I'm always looking for something to do
> when compiling, so I look over my source code and think about what I'm
> going to do when the &%$# compile finishes.
> 
> Unfortunately, you can't open or close windows when a tool is running.
> I expect it has something to do with MPW's file system hooks.

What version does this!?!?!?!
MPW 3.1 seems to let me do nothing while compiles occur.

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