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From: jcav@quads.uchicago.edu (john  cavallino)
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Subject: Re: De-macification of the Amiga (Re: The Amiga's Future)
Message-ID: <1991Jun27.161530.14821@midway.uchicago.edu>
Date: 27 Jun 91 16:15:30 GMT
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In article <1991Jun27.155751.28356@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu> gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu writes:
>Same thing on the Mac, essentially.  "Hide" will remove all the app's
>windows and gadgets, but there will still be an entry on the System
>Menu.  (The System Menu is a pull-down menu on the far right of the
>menubar that lists all active apps, and contains the hide/restore
>commands).  Also, the icon that represents the application will still
>be "grayed".  (Mac apps aren't re-entrant, so a running app will have
>its icon dimmed).       ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^

??????  The grayed icon is purely user-interface feedback, to let you know
that the application is running but hidden.  It hasn't anything at all to
do with re-entrancy.

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