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- Date: Wed, 20 Jul 1994 15:32:00 -0400 (EDT)
- From: Rick Flashman <rflashma@mhc.mtholyoke.edu>
- Subject: Re: ST-Guide (was Geneva Help)
- To: gem-list@world.std.com
- In-Reply-To: <2e2cfd5616d0f2@elfhaven.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>
- Message-Id: <Pine.3.89.9407201500.I29427-0100000@mhc.mtholyoke.edu>
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- On Tue, 19 Jul 1994, Michel Forget wrote:
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- > >Our online help (in both multasking Geneva mode and in singletasking
- > >NeoDesk 4) mode consumes 0K of memory until needed. But it is ALWAYS
- > >there. This to me is a MUCH more important issue than what help system to
- > >use.
- >
- > For this to be the case, it would have to be an external program. That,
- > or you would have to have a super-super-super-super-optimizing-compiler-
- > from-hell... :)
-
- Naw, just one very well written line of assembly...
-
- Kidding aside, yes, the Geneva help system is a separate program.
-
- > >This can be easily solved by offering an executable program version that
- > >can be executed by a program, or by offering source that a programmer can
- > >include in their code (either as a loadable executable or built-in).
- >
- > ST-Guide can be executed as a program, or an accessory.
-
- Question: How does ST-Guide handle displaying help if the user selects a
- help button inside a dialog?
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- Rick Flashman, Gribnif Software Tel 413.247.5620
- P.O. Box 779, Northampton, MA 01061-0779 Fax 413.247.5622
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