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From: sderby@bcm.tmc.edu (Stuart P. Derby)
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Subject: Amusing balloon help behaviour
Keywords: balloon help, edit 2.1
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Date: 25 Jun 91 02:59:54 GMT
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I was screwing around with Puzzle, and decided to change the sound, so into
Resedit I go. For some silly reason, I had lehelp on. As I was
fiddling around, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a help balloon!!
It's the puzzle balloon appearing in the "Puzzle" resedit window!!! Moving
the cursor around, I realize that the balloon only appears in the upper left
corner in a region about the size of the puzzle itself.

I would guess (a novice's guess) that the puzzle didn't "close" information
it had sent to the help manager, and the help manager was simply responding
to "mouse in <region> of window puzzle" or something like that. Makes sense,
so far....

BUT, THERE'S MORE!!!

Just for grins, I modify the help text in the hrct resource. The chan
takes effect IMMEDIATELY!!!! I don't even have to close the resource
window, just make the "Puzzle" window active!!
I think this is rather interesting behaviour, and I'd like to know how
this is happening....

-Stu