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#AMIGABASIC "INPUT"
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Ed,
Thanks for your reply; clicking on the output window did the trick, as you
said. I never would have guessed that one.
You also mentioned "Intuition." Don't laugh but I don't know what "Intuition"
is! I looked through all the documentation I have (Intro. to the A. 500;
AmigaDos Manual; AmigaBasic) and there is no mention of it or the commands you
cited. I see reference to "Intuition: The AMIGA User Interface" at the front of
the 1st ref. above. I'm going to look for that. I find it really frustrating
trying to learn the Amiga. Thanks again for your help.
Ross
Ross,
Intuition is the Amiga's user interface. It's the thing that allows all the
windows and menus. 8)
Basically, what it is is an interface to the sytem level things (exec) that
allows a programmer an easy method of getting at the heart of things without
going nuts trying to figure how to handle the low level stuff. You can pass it
things, like a window structure, and it will do all the necessary hardware/OS
whacking for you. It also allows you a consistant method of calling those same
lowlevel routines without worrying about version changes. The Atari ST has
something like it (though much poorer in design and implementation) called GEM.
It is very confusing at first, considering that it 'hides' the hardware and
things may not be where you think they are but if you take the time to
understand it, it is a revelation. If you've done any programming before,
you're going to love it.
Doug
Ross,
Intuition is the Amiga's user interface. It's the thing that allows all the
windows and menus. 8)
Basically, what it is is an interface to the sytem level things (exec) that
allows a programmer an easy method of getting at the heart of things without
going nuts trying to figure how to handle the low level stuff. You can pass it
things, like a window structure, and it will do all the necessary hardware/OS
whacking for you. It also allows you a consistant method of calling those same
lowlevel routines without worrying about version changes. The Atari ST has
something like it (though much poorer in design and implementation) called GEM.
It is very confusing at first, considering that it 'hides' the hardware and
things may not be where you think they are but if you take the time to
understand it, it is a revelation. If you've done any programming before,
you're going to love it.
Doug