[Coco] splitting the screen

[Bob Devries]

Wayne,
Do you have the Falsoft book about Basic09? I can't remember its exact name 
offhand.

I'm sure it had a number of examples of windowing in Basic09.

And then there's the Windows Guide to OS9 Level 2.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Campbell" <asa.rand at gmail.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 1:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] splitting the screen


>I have read that script many times. The default startup file is a few 
>echos, and settime. I never found any other examples of opening windows or 
>controlling them. The manual was insufficient.
>
> Wayne
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Devries" <devries.bob at gmail.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 4:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] splitting the screen
>
>
>> On the original distribution disk there was a script file that opened 
>> several windows on one screen. Sorry, I forget offhand what it was 
>> called.
>>
>> --
>> Besides a mathematical inclination, an exceptionally good mastery of 
>> one's native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent programmer.
>>
>> Edsger W.Dijkstra, 18 June 1975
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Wayne Campbell" <asa.rand at gmail.com>
>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:38 AM
>> Subject: [Coco] splitting the screen
>>
>>
>>> Does anyone on the list understand OS-9 windowing enough to give me a 
>>> clue as to how to split a screen? What I need is to be able to have 
>>> everything the user types show up in one part, and all other output to 
>>> the screen in the other, something liike this:
>>>
>>> +-----------------+
>>> |this is where all|
>>> |output goes      |
>>> |                 |
>>> +-----------------+ <- what happens above does not go below this 
>>> separator
>>> |user input here  |
>>> +-----------------+
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help.
>>>
>>> Wayne
>>>
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