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sowa@netcom.com (Erik Sowa) writes:
> I have uploaded my program USDebtWatch to
> sonata.cc.purdue.edu:pub/next/submissions. A description follows:
> 
> USDebtWatch
> FreeWare Version 0.1 (92.07.23)
> 
> Algorithm:
> USDebtWatch displays an estimate of the national debt of the United
> States of America. The estimate is updated at a regular interval
> specified by the user.
  [etc]

I've taken Erik's program, made a few changes to it, and uploaded it to the  
pub/next/submissions directory as:
-rw-r--r--  1 ftp        35906 Jul 24 19:42 USDebtWatch0.2.tar.Z
-rw-r--r--  1 ftp         1509 Jul 24 19:43 USDebtWatch0.2.README

The main addition is a new preference item to save away the current location  
of the applications windows in the defaults database.  This means each user  
can have the windows pop up where he or she wants to see them.

I mention this because this is a feature I'd like to see other programs  
have.  Not all programs save away the location of windows, and the ones that  
do have different methods for doing that.  I personally like the idea of  
having an explicit preference option to do it, so I can say "Save them away  
as they are right now", and then not have to worry that the default values  
will change if I have to temporarily move one of those windows aside while  
running the program.

I uploaded this to sonata after exchanging a few messages with Eric.  Note  
that he intends to have a version 0.3 out sometime soon.  Send all messages  
about the program to him at:  sowa@netcom.com (Erik Sowa)

This is a nice little mini-example program, since the source is included.

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