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From: bryce@hoser.berkeley.edu (Bryce Nesbitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Badge Killer Demo Contest disks
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Date: Sat, 14-Nov-87 05:01:48 EST
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In article <1869@cadovax.UUCP> keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) writes:
>In article <21732@> bryce@hoser.berkeley.edu (Bryce Nesbitt) writes:
>
>>    k> Does it work with interlaced and/or oversized Workbenches?  -8 if
>>    not.  An additional -2 if the demo has a window that is arbitrarily
>>    restricted to 640*200 pixels.
>
>What's the definition of "arbitrarily" here?

Arbitrary means that, the application supports a larger window size
than the Window's "maximums" are set to.  Case in point:

(Some of the) Infocom games support word-wrapping to your current window
size, make the window smaller and it adjusts.  The maximums are set to
640*200.  This is 255% smaller than my 704*464 display allows.
Merely by filezaping the constants in the program code I can modify
the progam to use the space... it works. 

Remember programmers... set the window maximums to whatever the maxium
*your* application can support, even if it is larger than the current
screen you own.  To specify "no limits", set the size fields to ~0
(or -1, same thing). 
The Intuition manual example is *wrong* in encouraging 640*200.


>I have a comment about this.  I don't think it should be required that
>the demo should run once and then quit...

Yes, I agree.  An advanced user could set up a script, naturally. 
Infinite loops are desirable for dealer demos.  A slideshow of all
the demos on the disk would be even better, but then each demo
would need to automatically exit.

>Dealers like to see demos that
>loop forever so they can leave them running on the machine.  RGB was
>set up to run once and then quit (because it was in the contest rules)
>but now we are trying to get everyone a version that loops because that's
>what the stores want.  Having two versions out there is a pain.

I suggest using "LOOP=ON/OFF" in the tooltypes.  *One* version would
serve both.  Also it needs to be easily abortable, the invisible gadget
in the upper left seems to be a workable de-faco standard.

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