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Date: 18 Feb 90 23:42:22 GMT
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 Date: 02-17-90 (20:02)              Number: 2925 (Echo)
   To: JERRY SHIFRIN                 Refer#: NONE
 From: BOB LEE                         Read: NO
 Subj: >COLROW                       Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE

 Jerry, my other point is that the underlying concept of >COLROW is
 rapidly becoming obsolete.  It seems to assume a character-mapped output
 device with equally spaced characters (or did I read it wrong?).

 While I can see that it is appropriate in some systems, what would it
 mean on a Macintosh or on a PostScript printer?  Can >COLROW be assumed
 to point to pixel coordinates if the display is not character mapped?

 I guess my real point is that I don't think device-specific things like
 >COLROW belong in a Forth standard.

     b0b @ Interface

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