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In article <25012.26ab200e@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> markv@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>1.) Is there an "approved", or failing that, a working way to double
>    buffer and keep Intuition happy.  I mean 'true' double buffering,
>    where I am swapping bitmaps every frame.

This comes up pretty frequently, to answer it you need to give some additional
information. That information is of the form :
	Q) Do you want to be able to render Menus while the screen is flipping?
	   How about when either screen is showing?
	Q) Do you need Gadgets to be refreshed while double buffering?

The reason for this is that if you want to do something like a movie generator
where you mouse around and then say "go" and sit back and watch. Then you
can basically use the LoadView() method of double buffering and just catch
the Menu button (with Menu Verify) and A-N and A-M with an input handler.
When ever a signal is made that the user wants the menus/gadgets back you
just Rethink/ReMake and that is that. If you want to double buffer and 
keep the menus working then no, you can really do it in any way that will
work reliably. 


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