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    05-Jul-88 02:13:01
Sb: #133302-#cocomm
Fm: Ben Blish 72667,1341
To: Don Curtis/SYSOP 76703,4321

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When I talk about this, I _mean_ windows, not screens. The word "screen" keeps popping up because that's what it's called on the Impossibly Badlydesigned Machine. We're talking text consoles, period. That means an evironment for _every_ window that has a console. If you don't want a console, you can simply use thge Text() calls and build your own capabilities. The review buffer in CoComm is a good example. It doesn't use the console, because the console is such a slug. It uses Text() and an internally maintained text arrary. Very simple… but it works. –Ben–