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From: jimm@amiga.UUCP (Jim Mackraz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: WB 1.4
Message-ID: <3238@amiga.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jan 89 01:02:01 GMT
References: <277@ubc-cs.UUCP> <5062@garfield.MUN.EDU>
Reply-To: jimm@cloyd.UUCP (Jim Mackraz)
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In article <5062@garfield.MUN.EDU> john13@garfield.UUCP (John Russell) writes:
)]Jim Mackraz writes:
)]
)]>PS: And in case you haven't heard, programs using the private part 
)]>of IntuitionBase will neither compile nor work under V1.4.  Sympathy 
)]>in this area will be very hard to get out from me.
)
)I hope that when you take away access to structure parts that users may
)arguably have a need to get at, a method is provided for getting at them
)legally.
)
)For instance, a game like FirePower which sometimes messes with the
)MouseLimits, needs a legitimate way to tinker with them. If IntuitionBase
)no longer has the old fields for them, I hope there are calls like
)Get/SetMouseLimits so that new versions of such programs can be released.
)(Perhaps some fields like this will migrate into the Screen structure?)
)
)John

In general, we'll try to be receptive to the feedback from our certified
developers during the alpha and beta phases on such things.

FirePower doesn't use the mouse or the pointer, so I'm a little confused
about that.

Some of my favorite programs, such as Dale's Incredible Fifteen-Color Pointer
hack, will cease to work.  We'll try to provide what you need to do the job.

Mouse limits, in particular, are very tricky right now and getting trickier.
I don't anticipate adding programmer control of them for V1.4, although the
major reason for screwing with them was overscan which we intend to support
fully.

Please don't confuse this reasonable and receptive position of mine with
sympathy for IBase hackers. ;^)

	jimm

-- 
Jim Mackraz, I and I Computing	   	"Like you said when we crawled down
{cbmvax,well,oliveb}!amiga!jimm          from the trees: We're in transition."
							- Gang of Four
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