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From: ridder@elvira.enet.dec.com (Hans Ridder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: New "Style Guide" menus question.
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Date: 25 Jun 91 17:25:37 GMT
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In article <22665@cbmvax.commodore.com> andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel) writes:
>On your own custom screen, you can set things up so it works 'properly',
>and matches the style guide.

But if I want the "3D look", don't I have to use the same pens as the
workbench?  How can I get the "look" and match the Style Guide?

>On Workbench you have to accept what you get; if the system changes
>you'd automatically change too.

Hmmm.  Maybe I'm stupid.  There are pen numbers in the IntuiText
structures used for the menu items.  These are either set by GadTools,
or myself.  I've always set the pen colors to 1,0 (text,background).
How will the system changing fix this?

>Increased use of the shadow, shine, etc. pens in the future should
>mitigate the effect of color problems in the future, as it is no
>longer just an absolute register situation; instead you get one
>level of indirection.

OK, now I'm really lost.  Where does the indirection come from?

>		andy
>I disclaim all responsibilities, all shapes, all sizes, all colors.
                                                      ****** ^^^^^^
Hmm... Maybe this explains it! ;-)

-hans
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