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From: holloway@drivax.UUCP (Bruce Holloway)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Better Windows?
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Date: Thu, 14-May-87 13:18:14 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 14 13:18:14 1987
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In article <1976@husc6.UUCP> hadeishi@husc7.UUCP (Mitsuharu Hadeishi) writes:

 >menu is used.  Otherwise, the menu bar contains the menu for whichever
 >window is active.  I believe this is the design used in Servant, and
 >possibly the design used in Juggler (although I wouldn't know).  Clearly
 >this is necessary in a multitasking windowing scheme; for a single-tasking
 >machine, it is of much less importance.

Microsoft Windows, which is multi-tasking and all the rest, as the menu bar
INSIDE the window. And I believe the DEC MicroVax graphics interface is the
same way.

- Bruce
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