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From: UUCJEFF@ECNCDC.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: accessory and RAM resident stuff
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Date: 18 Mar 88 19:58:00 GMT
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Is there any definitive book on what you can or can't do when writing
desk accessories?  There is a little bit in the MWC Version 2.00 docs,
and they have an example, along with acskel.c from the developer's kit.
But I would like to know how far you can deviate from those basic
skelatins.  For instance, I would like to be able to use string writting
functions in which you can do a newline and the text will scroll up without
having to rewrite each line.   That pretty much precludes the use of windows,
which seems to be the structural backbone of desk accessories.

Also, if I were to replace the MIDI drivers, are there any thoughts on how
I can handle the hey don't disappear with the program that loads
the routines and revectors the interrupt handles.

Any help is appreciated,    Jeff Beer UUCJEFF@ECNCDC.BITNET