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From: gardner@prls.UUCP (Robert Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: editing default window size
Message-ID: <6790@prls.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 14-Oct-87 13:00:23 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 14 13:00:23 1987
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Reply-To: gardner@prls.UUCP (Robert Gardner)
Organization: Philips Research Labs, Sunnyvale, California
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In article <21256@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu.UUCP (David Phillip Oster) writes:
>Apple feels that it is important to let the user choose the settings
>for new windows.
>
>In my programs, I give each of my documents a resource: Type=WIND
>ID=128, and update it each time the user saves the file.

There are a few situations I can think of where this doesn't seem
practical. 

One is programs that don't create documents (terminal
emulators and games, for instance).

Another is programs that have non-document windows, such as tool palettes.
Should these be moved every time a window is open or activated?

Finally, suppose a user edits a document in one section of the screen,
quits, comes back later and starts editing a different document in a
different section of the screen and wishes to open the original document
for reference. Should it really come up in the old position? Or should
it come up near the current document? Similarly, what if you open a
document created by a different application that uses the WIND convention
given here? Where should it come up?

Maybe these complaints are easy to solve, but it's fun to throw mud in
the water!

Robert Gardner