Need help with DA/TextEdit

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From: J.S.Shapiro
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1987 05:28

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I have in mind a DA to do some automatic text formatting on
an editor buffer, as a sort of add-on to 'edit' or whatever
your favorite text-editor is. I need to know two things:

	1. Is there a way for a DA to do its thing and exit
	   without putting up a window/menu? (Not really
	   necessary)
	2. Is there a way for a DA to reach into its host
	   application and gain access to its current TextEdit
	   buffer? I would like the DA to figure out who was on
	   top when it was called (i.e. the current window),
	   and reach in to it to access the textedit buffer.

Jon Shapiro
AT&T

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Subject: Need help with DA/TextEdit
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