[Coco] Re: GShell versions & moveable resizeable windows

[L. Curtis Boyle]

On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 10:59:32 -0600, Leon Howell <puritan_2076 at yahoo.com>  
wrote:

> L. Curtis Boyle <curtisboyle at ...> writes:
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>>      1.26 I released both 6809 and 6309 versions, but the 6309 version  
>> had
>> a few more things in it.
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> Like what?
    3D look, live updating (if you are viewing a folder, and you delete or  
add a file in another window, it will automatically update the Gshell  
window), printer icon, and some other stuff I can't remember off the top  
of my head.
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>>      2.0 and 3.2 were earlier hacks,
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> Does this mean 1.26 is the latest version? Do 2.0 or 3.2 have anything  
> 1.26
> doesn't have?
    I am not sure what all was added to those... I never ran them (I ran  
1.24 until Kent gave me the source). Hopefully someone else on the list  
can answer that question.
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>> resizable/movable windows from the Level II upgrade. There are some demo
>> programs that do (the bouncing ball demo is the one I remember).
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> Does NitrOS-9 level II version 3.2.6 have moveable resizeable windows,  
> and if
> so, how do they work?
    I don't believe that they are in there yet (unless you do it manually  
by using non-protected device windows). I don't even know if we ever got a  
fully disassembled version of Level II version 3 Windint/Grfdrv to make  
one from, either. Bill Nobel and I started disassembling it at one point,  
but we were so far along with Nitros9 (1.11, I think), that we decided to  
continue with our fully documented source, rather than having to start  
over. The upgrade is a LOT slower than the Nitros9 version.
     What I eventually would like to see is GRFDRV to expand to 16K (since  
there is an 8K block that is unused in the GRFDRV memory map) to allow a  
lot of the extra functionality to be added to it, and try to crunch  
Windint down in size so it doesn't take so much of your system memory  
map... Nitros9 and Level II version 2 took about 7.5K for Windint, the  
Version 3 upgrade took over 9K), but I simply don't have the time to do it  
anymore, although I would be happy to give suggestions and help a bit with  
anyone who can.
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L. Curtis Boyle