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- From: rfentima@ub.d.umn.edu (Robert Fentiman)
- Newsgroups: alt.sys.amiga.demos,comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.introduction,comp.sys.amiga.marketplace,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Programming
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- Date: 14 Nov 92 23:23:46 GMT
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- In article <mwm.2n55@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us> mwm@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us (Mike Meyer) w
- >
- >Does it open a public screen so I can use Lens-like programs on it?
- >Does it paste to/from the clipboard? Can those things be done in AMOS?
-
- I have no idea if it can open public screens or not (possibly Amos Pro
- can), however, it is a mood point FOR ME as I don't have 2.X (but I sure
- want it). I'm sure it can paste from/to clipboard.
-
- >Could it run on the WB so I can cut and paste text between other
- >applications and it? Could KeyShow show what the alt'ed and
- >alt-shift'ed keys would generate? Could KeyShow, or a grammer checker,
- >or may favorte spelling checker run on the same screen? Could I run a
- >text editor on that screen to work on an ARexx macro for it in that?
-
- I have not tried opening a window on WB yet. It shouldn't be hard for
- the ARexx macro (I should think). Anyway, as I have stated, I am a NEW
- user of AMOS. Find some others (there are PLENTY around) who are more
- experienced to answer some of these questions.
-
- >Can I use clipboard cut/paste in that program? Can it be run on the
- >WB? Does it have some form of preferences, including icons to enable
- >specific settings? Would my commodites work properly while I was
- >running it? If the answer to any of the above is no, then your program
- >isn't going to be on my disk for very long. More importantly, COULD all
- >those things be true?
- >
- > <mike
-
- As I have just started writing it (porting what code I have from the
- AmigaBASIC version I wrote). Icons in amos are NO PROBLEM whatsoever!
- As I said before, I don't have 2.X, and I have no idea on how it affects
- the commodities. As with ANY language, these properties that you
- describe are code dependant. I could write a C program that would not
- allow what you have said. Does that make C bad? I am fairly positive
- many (if not all) of what you have suggested can be implemented in an AMOS
- program. Everything I have stated IS TRUE to the extent of my
- knowledge. For answers to these questions, ask a more experienced AMOS
- user.
-
- Thanks
- Robert Fentiman
-
- UseNet: rfentima@ub.d.umn.edu
- At: University of Minnesota, Duluth
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