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From: svermeulen%Ins.MRC.AdhocNet.CA@UNCAEDU.BITNET (Steve Vermeulen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Hanging screens, a new screen hack?
Message-ID: <880524105109.058@Ins.MRC.AdhocNet.CA>
Date: 24 May 88 16:51:09 GMT
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+ From: carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner CATS)
+ Subject: Re: Free Hanging Screens
+
+ In article <880519180216.038@Ins.MRC.AdhocNet.CA> svermeulen%Ins.MRC.AdhocNet.
CA@UNCAEDU.BITNET (Steve Vermeulen) writes:
+ >
+ >      Is there any system supported way of allowing a custom
+ >      screen....
+ >      ... to be dragged up from the
+ >      bottom and NOT obscure the screens below its lower limit?
+
+ Someone told me that one of the new paint packages - either Photon Paint
+ or Express paint - uses copper lists to do some of the fancy split
+ screen stuff.
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Well it isn't Express Paint, since I wrote that.  So maybe this is what
Photon Paint is doing.  But is it possible to do this in an Intuition
Transparent way so that the user can depth arrange and drag screens as
normal?  It would be a GREAT screen hack if it was possible: hint wearer
of the Cape.

                       Stephen Vermeulen
                       Author: Express Paint