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From: newman@ut-emx.UUCP (Dave Newman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Copying a background (hacker's tip & request for feature)
Message-ID: <12877@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 8 May 89 18:08:41 GMT
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Reply-To: newman@emx.UUCP (David Newman)
Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas
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What this thread seems to imply to me is that we need a way to inherit
material from other backgrounds.  I too have a stack with several similar
backgrounds, and the ideal thing would be to create one bg with all the 
common elements, and inherit those features in the other backgrounds.

I know this would be tough in HyperCard, and terribly incompatible with
earlier releases.  But, it is something to think about, and it just points
out the desirability of a completely object-oriented environment.

>>Dave