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Received: by cheltenham.cs.arizona.edu; Tue, 5 Dec 1995 12:20:22 MST
From: Art Eschenlauer <eschen@biosci.cbs.umn.edu>
Message-Id: <199512051359.HAA27194@biosci.cbs.umn.edu>
Subject: Calling all Macintosh Icon implementors
To: icon-group@cs.arizona.edu (icon-group@cs.arizona.edu)
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 07:59:51 -0600 (CST)
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Hello, Macintosh Icon implementors:
It's time for me to stop working in a vacuum (it's difficult to breathe).
But seriously, I'd like to start talking to the others who are working on
bringing Icon 9.X up on the Macintosh. Currently I'm trying to learn how
to use the open scripting architecture (OSA) and the Thread Manager
for the Mac, after which I hope to work one something somewhat like Proicon.
With scriptability, other applications could "call up" Icon's functionality
at will, not to mention that Icon could also call upon other apps to share
in a task. I know that I'm on the steep part of the learning curve, but I
see the value of a modern Macintosh interface for Icon. I also see the
uselessness of duplicating effort (instructive though it may be). So let's
start talking to one another, sharing ideas and distributing the effort!
- Art
--
Arthur Eschenlauer, eschen@biosci.cbs.umn.edu
"If you're going to follow the herd, you'd better watch your step."
- Garrison Keillor