Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!dlyons From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David A Lyons) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: what to do with the Text Tools (multitasking tools) Message-ID: <53486@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 30 May 91 16:44:14 GMT References: <767@generic.UUCP> <53393@apple.Apple.COM> Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA Lines: 19 In article jh4o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeffrey T. Hutzelman) writes: >I have something that uses it, archived on disk here. It's the context >switching code from LWP/GS, which uses both the toolbox's and GS/OS's busy >flags to make sure it doesn't do a switch in the middle of an OS or tool call. >I'd be happy to upload the current version of the code somewhere if it will >help you guys eliminate toolbox bugs. Now that I have my machine back, I'll >be finishing some changes I wanted to make, including saving/restoring the >current GrafPort so that more than one process can draw. Sure, I'd like to see what you've got. But saving and restoring the current port is only the tip of the iceberg if you're trying to allow use of the toolbox by multiple applications. -- David A. Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems Apple II System Software Engineer | P.O. Box 875 America Online: Dave Lyons | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875 GEnie:DAVE.LYONS CompuServe:72177,3233 Internet:dlyons@apple.com My opinions are my own, not Apple's.