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From: freedman@calgary.UUCP (Dan Freedman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Hypercard question
Message-ID: <1102@vaxb.calgary.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 6-Oct-87 19:40:48 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  6 19:40:48 1987
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In article <7522@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP>, kerpelma@macbeth.steinmetz (dan kerpelman) writes:
> It sounds as if you need a stack of stacks, not a stack of cards.

The problem with stacks of stacks is the time tht it takes to switch between
them, especially on floppy, although having multiple stacks does seem like a
better solution conceptually.  Flipping between cards within stacks, on the other
hand goes fairly fast.

> To know how many cards are in a stack, you can define a button in its primary
> card that performs a HyperTalk "domenu stack info".  This will bring up the
> stack information menu.

Typing "number of cards" in the message window works too.

	Dan Freedman
	University of Calgary Computer Science Department