Re: Scriptability: To what degree is this critical?

[raster redhat com]

On  1 Aug, Bowie Poag shouted:
->  
->  On Sat, 1 Aug 1998, Dan Kaminsky wrote:
->  
->  > >For instance, the spreadsheet load/save modules will all be external
->  > >corba applications.
->  > 
->  > 
->  > Great, more work, we get to define the GUI of the loader/savers...
->  > 
->  > Actually, would this imply that the user could use whatever loader/saver he
->  > or she wanted?
->  
->  This is actually how it was done under AmigaDOS, if I remember correctly.
->  The standard file requester library (named req.library) would handle such
->  stuff -- Unless you were running a nifty little patch program which
->  intercepted OS calles to req, and diverted them to other requester
->  libraries like mfr.library, asl.library, etc.. Completely user-selectable
->  file requesters, systemwide.
->  
->  Gotta love AmigaDOS. :)

STOP reminding me! :) I want my Ami back! :)

->  Bowie


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