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From: gustav@swanee.OZ (Gustav)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Graphic window from MPW tool
Message-ID: <408@swanee.OZ>
Date: 9 Apr 88 10:04:51 GMT
References: <1330@PT.CS.CMU.EDU>
Organization: El. & El. Eng., Uni. of Western Australia
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in article <1330@PT.CS.CMU.EDU>, mkb@ROVER.RI.CMU.EDU (Mike Blackwell) says:
> 
> I would like to write an MPW tool type program which opens a window and
> draws some simple line graphics, something like a plotting program. I'd like
> it to be an MPW tool, so I can use stdio, IO redirection, and good things
> like that. What I need to know are what toolbox init routines should and
> shouldn't be called, and anything else that might be non-obvious. 
>
There is a mention in MPW 2.0 manual to the effect that this aspect is
untested. I tried some simple graphics, but without calling windows
and it was OK. But then trying to combine windows with graphics blew
the whole thing to pieces like supernova. Unless this part of MPW is
polished out and working properly it cannot be called a finished
commercial product.