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epoch scrollbars, sun mouse stuff

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From: roger reynolds
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1992 03:42
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	Hi,
	I want to add scrollbars to epoch.

	I have got hold of a package called "widgets" which includes
	a program called "biscuit" and implements a client broadcast
	protocol and widget server yada yada...
	
	I got it in my head someplace that this package provides an
	approach that can be used to scrollbars or other widgets to
	an epoch window, so I got it, and built it, so far so good.

	Now what?  How does one drive "buiscuit"?  Does anybody out
	there know what I am talking about?
	Anybody got any better suggestions?  This seems like a whole
	lot more than what I simply want, (but then this is emacs)

	All answers welcome....

	Also,  I just started using Epoch on a Sun workstation, running
	Motif or Openlook, depending on my mood...

	I tried the IMOUSE package, and it seemed not to exactly work
	quite right.  (I was following through the IMOUSE-TUTORIAL file)
	Even if it had "worked" right, it seemed to me wrong-headed,
	so I wrote my own mouse package which seems, at least to me to
	be headed more in the right direction.  I have also been able
	to bind the "special" keys on the Sun keyboard such as 
	Find, Cut, Copy, Paste, Again, and Undo to appropriate functions
	and the result is reall quite good.

	So, my question is, is everybody out there happy with IMOUSE, 
	or is there interest in somebody else's approach? If there
	is substantial interest I'll post it.  

	Here's the thing,  it would be better if I had scrollbars to
	use for scrolling, instead of having to waste mouse bindings on it.
	So, that was the reason for the original question.


	Thanks for reading this far,
	rogerr@netcom.com
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Subject: epoch scrollbars, sun mouse stuff
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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 92 03:42:45 GMT
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