Re: Text in a wimp window

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From	Jean-Michel <jmc.bruck@orange.fr>
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Subject	Re: Text in a wimp window
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In message <5c4cd689e8bob@sick-of-spam.invalid>
          Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> wrote:

> In article <5c4c6c50b0basura@invalid.addr.uk>,
>    Richard Ashbery <basura@invalid.addr.uk> wrote:

>> Pity as I was going to suggest The Application Tutorial and Listings
>> Book by Chris Dewhurst of Drag 'n Drop fame. There is an example of
>> getting text into a window but as Druck says by means of an icon(s).
>> The book is written for BASIC users which I don't think is what you
>> want.

> I have been looking at the possibility of using icons. The big
> disappointment with them to me is that I don't think you can change
> the pointer to text buffer *after* the icon has been created. So no
> fast and easy way to make an icon based window scroll even just a few
> lines.

> Thanks for the suggestion.

> Bob.
I use a text-area (tool box), while waiting for reunification ...
We can do the manipulations you ask, position of the pointer, writing and 
save etc ..

An example, an adaptation of the Jim lesurf Readwaveheader program.
http://jeanmichelb.riscos.fr/Audio/AudioJimLesurf.html

Steve's Wimp Programs in C pages are very good,

-- 
Jean-Michel

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Text in a wimp window Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2025-08-13 20:18 +0100
  Re: Text in a wimp window druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2025-08-14 09:35 +0100
    Re: Text in a wimp window Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2025-08-14 09:54 +0100
    Re: Text in a wimp window Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-08-14 10:03 +0100
      Re: Text in a wimp window Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2025-08-14 10:45 +0100
        Re: Text in a wimp window Sebastian Barthel <naitsabes@freenet.de> - 2025-08-14 14:37 +0000
          Re: Text in a wimp window Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2025-08-14 17:57 +0100
      Re: Text in a wimp window Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-08-14 16:12 +0100
  Re: Text in a wimp window Richard Ashbery <basura@invalid.addr.uk> - 2025-08-14 21:19 +0100
    Re: Text in a wimp window Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2025-08-15 16:39 +0100
      Re: Text in a wimp window Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2025-08-15 20:06 +0100
        Re: Text in a wimp window Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2025-08-16 16:10 +0100
          Re: Text in a wimp window Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2025-08-18 11:50 +0100
            Re: Text in a wimp window Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2025-08-18 12:58 +0100
            Re: Text in a wimp window Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2025-08-20 18:35 +0100
              Re: Text in a wimp window Sebastian Barthel <naitsabes@freenet.de> - 2025-08-21 13:01 +0000
              Re: Text in a wimp window Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2025-08-23 00:31 +0100
      Re: Text in a wimp window Jean-Michel <jmc.bruck@orange.fr> - 2025-08-17 18:01 +0200

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