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From: mark@hyper.UUCP (Mark Mendel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: HyperTalk Reference Manual//XCMDs
Message-ID: <488@hyper.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 22-Sep-87 19:27:19 EDT
Article-I.D.: hyper.488
Posted: Tue Sep 22 19:27:19 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 26-Sep-87 10:25:32 EDT
Organization: Network Systems Corp., Mpls. MN
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Keywords: xcmd,hypercard,hypertalk

HyperCard is really neat!

However, I object to having to shell out more bucks for the hypertalk manual.
I've looked at the 3rd party manual, and it really doesn't tell me anything that
isn't in the help stack.

The only piece of information that I can't find is how to write XCMDs and XFUNs.
And that doesn't seem worth the price of joining APDA + buying the manual.

So, could somebody have pity on this poor skinflint tell me give me a brief
run down?  What I suspect I need to know is:
	1) the resource header format (if any).
	2) Register usage & parameter passing
	3) accessing global variables
    and, if it is allowed,
	4) how to send messages.

Alternatively, you could try to convince me that the manual is really worth it.

Thanks in advance!

-- 
Mark G. Mendel, ihnp4!umn-cs!hyper!mark,  Network Systems Corporation
(612)-424-4888 x2779