Re: inputs from many windows

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From: Markus Schmidt
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 1989 18:49

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>IDCMPs means separate message ports.  Separate ports means separate signal
>bits.  And you can only have 32 sigbits, right (only 32 bits in a long)?
>That would imply to me that you can have, at the most, 32 open windows in
>your task, if you use a separate IDCMP for each window.
>
Not quite right. The OS reserves 16 Signals for internal use, so you
only have 16 for yourself.


Shimoda

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Subject: Re: inputs from many windows
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