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From: page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: IPC and the Soundscape patch panel
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Date: 23 Mar 88 15:24:39 GMT
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Reply-To: page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page)
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peter@nuchat.UUCP (Peter da Silva) wrote:
>How about, when you register a port, providing an icon for it... and having
>the icon show up in a SoundScape-like patch panel?

I like it!

Users need something like this.  The extra image/gadget/window overhead
would be worth it.  For another example of a 'patch panel', see the
Interchange screen (although it's a little too simple for large IPC
applications.

On the other hand, I'd like to be able to say:
	1> IPC Emacs [to|with] TeX
and get a one-way or bidirectional IPC port made.

But this is user-interface stuff, and should probably be dealt with later.

..Bob
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Bob Page, U of Lowell CS Dept.  page@swan.ulowell.edu  ulowell!page
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