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>Date:         Thu, 3 Mar 88 21:46:41 GMT
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>From:         Jason Klivington <tektronix!reed!gry@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
>Subject:      IIGS Menu Manager

>...the Mac's [memory mgr] allows scrolling, while the GS's apparently
>does not.

>The major disadvantage of this is in regards to the use of
>fonts. It is possible to store a large number of fonts in the
>system/fonts directory and not be able to access them all in a word
>processor because the font list spills off the screen on the bottom of
>the fonts menu (boo.)

There is a "Choose Font" call available that presents a modal dialog
with a list of fonts, check boxes for styles, and a box for typing a
non-standard point size.  Applications that use this in addition to
having the fonts listed in the menu (or not) work OK; MultiScribe GS 3.01c
does, for example.

>I do hope that they bother to fix this in the next system release

Me too, although I would probably bet against it (they have been too
busy with more pressing things lately).

An application could define its own "custom menus" & have them look just
like regular menus, except that they could be scrollable.  I haven't
seen any applications do this.

>(should be relatively easy since Menu Manager is
>stored on disk, not in ROM...well, there's one advantage to having it
>set up like that...)

It would be just as easy to patch if the Menu Mgr was already in ROM.
The Tool Locator is truly beautiful. (But with it already in RAM we
wouldn't be giving up any RAM space or making the boot any slower.)

>Has anyone else noticed any flaws in the GS tool sets?

You bet!  I've been finding & reporting problems with GS tools ever
since fall '86.  Many of them have been & are being fixed by Apple,
but not as quickly as I'd like.

>    Jason Klivington
>    Reed College, Portland OR

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