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Re: text classes in 3.1; 2.6 vs. 3.x

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From: Mark Linton
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 19:37
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In article <PSHANNON.92Nov11102843@iapetus.cv.nrao.edu>, pshannon@iapetus.cv.nrao.edu (Paul Shannon) writes:
|> I don't understand 
|> 
|>     - what happened to the IV design between 2.6 and 3.0

Glyphs were introduced as cheaper objects with lots of nice properties.
Unidraw was introduced as a layer about 2.6 with support
for graphical editing.

|>     - if I should avoid 2.6 classes for a new project

If you use Unidraw, then you probably want to use 2.6 classes.
Otherwise, you are probably better off with 3.0.

|>     - what to replace the 2.6 text classes with if that's the right
|>       thing to do.

The glyph classes don't include high-level support for text yet.
You can use the 2.6 text editor with glyphs or evolve the
examples/preview or doc code.

|>     - should I use Unidraw classes even if my project is not really
|>       a "domain-specific graphical editor"?

Depends a bit on what you do want to do, but you wouldn't
get as much out of Unidraw if you were not doing graphical editing.
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Subject: Re: text classes in 3.1; 2.6 vs. 3.x
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