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- From: dnavas@oracle.uucp (David Navas)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Amiga Application Framework
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.165127.6906@oracle.us.oracle.com>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 16:51:27 GMT
- References: <68764@cup.portal.com> <heinz.04d0@edohwg.adsp.sub.org>
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- In article <heinz.04d0@edohwg.adsp.sub.org> heinz@edohwg.adsp.sub.org (Heinz Wrobel) writes:
- >True. I keep an exec list for each _used_ screen including the DrawInfo and
- >the font sizes I typically need. It's like an extended LockPubScreen call
- >that behaves like OpenFont. It manages a usecount for a list entry and
- >discards it if it is no longer needed. Not much work at all. Really just a
- >few lines compared to other things.
-
- #define HIT_CMDRE_OVER_THE_HEAD_WITH_A_BRICK_MODE ON
- Wow!
- Usecounts!
- What will we think of next?
- Hey, s/w engineering, interesting how usecounts keep turning up as being
- useful in everything from semaphores to IPC ports to user interface elements,
- isn't it?
-
- Wow, wouldn't it be nice if the main elements of all the system structures
- was prefaced with a usecount?
-
- Golly.
-
- #end MARC_BARRET_USECOUNT_MODE
-
- Seriously, can we get rastports or layers to have this? It would help to
- multi-thread my drawing apps on the window surfaces without keeping the
- window-layer locked for the entire operation (can you say, AutoPoint jerky-
- mode, I knew you could).
- David C. Navas dnavas@oracle.com
- Working for, but not speaking on behalf of, Oracle Corp.
-