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From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Yet Another God Damm 1.4 Suggestion:
Keywords: 1.4, windows, refresh, wish
Message-ID: <3886@sugar.hackercorp.com>
Date: 29 May 89 19:42:28 GMT
References: <2459@wpi.wpi.edu> <9949@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston
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In article <2459@wpi.wpi.edu> john@wpi.wpi.edu (John F Stoffel) writes:
>[ addressing the concept of draging windows off the screen ]
>1) Does the window take up RAM when it is off the screen.

If it's smart-refresh or superbitmap, yes.

Otherwise, no.

>2) How is refresh handled?

Same as currently.

>If I drag a window off to the side, go do
>some work on another window, then drag the first window back, what
>happens.  Does the window come on back as just the visible corner
>until you release it and it refreshes, or is it continually refreshed
>(only the border is really needed) as it becomes more visible.

You just drag the red square on screen, then the window gets refreshed
when you release the button.

>3) Which directions can you move a window off the screen?

Down, left, and right. Not up, because the drag-bar is at the top.

You should not be able to drag the window far enough that the drag-bar becomes
invisible.

>4) What do other people think?

Well, other window systems allow this, mostly.
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