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Article #6935AES bug? --> No, I just didn't know what i was doing!!
From: _harryk
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1989 18:14
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 1989 18:14
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I would like to thank Robert from Netherlands and Darek from ATARI Corp.
for answering my question!
They both suggested to use wind_update() instead of menu_bar(), inside
the for-loop! So YES, that was the answer: once i did it, everything was
working fine! As far as MN_SELECTED is concerned, i have to apologise, but
i was using MU_MESAG from the very first time; i just mistyped the code
when i sent it to the net!
The sad thing is, that I've never seen wind_update() documented along
with any menu_xxxx() function! I'm using MWC's manual and "GEM Programer's
Reference" by Abacus, as GEM reference guides! In both of them, wind_update()
is NOT even MENTIONED on the pages talking about menus! But that's why Use-
Net does exist, i guess!
So, for any future GEM programer who wants to use keyboard equivalents, be
carefull when using menu_bar(menutree, 0/1). If you want to disable the
menu bar while you are in the main loop, use wind_update(BEG/END_UPDATE);
among other things it disables the menu bar too! I figured it out, in the
hard way, but I'm glad that people like Robert and Darek do exist and are
ready to help!
Thanks again!!
Harry Karayiannis
3rd Year Computer Science
Boston University
PS1: Ken, Alan and Darek prove every day, through this net, that ATARI Corp.
Programming Department consists of outstanding individuals! Imagine ST
Community's future (in the US) without those three men advising other
ST users and programmers! (I only wish ATARI could publish a complete
documentation on Technical Information about its machines, and make it
available to the public! All the books i've seen assume that the reader
is already familiar with GEM, and are used as refernce books! Only Pro-
spero Software provides exceptional documentation with its products
- I happen to own Prospero Pascal (but still,nothing about wind_update()
on menu pages) - )!
PS2: Ok Robert, I haven't forgotten you! In the past, i said that Germans are
ST wizards! I did forget to add Netherland guys too! Actually, in the
middle Europe one can get the most out of his ST, and Netherlans is in
the middle Europe, right? BTH, I love the Netherland version of the game
RISK!
Take care guys!!!!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!bucsb!harryk From: harryk@bucsb.UUCP (_harryk) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: AES bug? --> No, I just didn't know what i was doing!! Message-ID: <150@bucsb.UUCP> Date: 13 Dec 89 18:14:58 GMT Reply-To: harryk@bucsb.UUCP (Harry Karayiannis) Organization: Boston Univ Comp. Sci. Lines: 48