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Subject: Mouse help window
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Date: Thu, 12-Mar-87 11:13:54 EST
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What's important for a mouse documentation line is that it exist
as a standard user-level feature and that the application programs
use it.

General window properties as a mechanism are a good idea, but it is
not enough to provide a mechanism that can be used to implement a
mouse documentation line.  The mouse documentation window has to be
a standard feature so that application implementors will see the worth
of arranging to provide the information for it.