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   9     We would like Glass to be the *BEST* user interface
  10   design program available.  In order to do this, we need
  11  *your* comments and suggestions for new features.  Please
  12   send any requests, comments or anything else about this
  13  program to Straylight at the address given at the bottom
  14                        of this file.
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  17                       Program credits
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  19 Glass's executable `!RunImage' contains code from the
  20 following sources:
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  22   * Compiled Glass source code, written by Straylight
  23   * SharedCLibrary stubs, written by Straylight
  24   * Steel DLL stubs, generated by Straylight's DLL system
  25   * Anything else link threw in, by ARM ltd and Acorn
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  27 Most of the Glass code was compiled using Acorn ANSI C. The
  28 rest was assembled using Acorn ARM AOF Macro Assembler
  29 (objasm), or autogenerated using Straylight AOF producing
  30 tools.
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  32 Glass application icon drawn in Paint by Straylight (but
  33 thanks to Mike Geller for the old one).  Other graphics by
  34 Straylight, with the aid of the following software:
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  36   Paint by Acorn Computers Limited
  37   Snippet by 4Mation
  38   ArtWorks by Computer Concepts Limited
  39   ChangeFSI by Acorn Computers Limited
  40
  41 Glass window templates designed by Straylight using
  42 WindowEd by Armen Software for the original set, and using
  43 Glass enough of it had been completed.
  44
  45 Also included in the Glass distribution are:
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  47   * Interface, by Simon Huntingdon
  48   * WimpExtension, by Jon Ribbens of DoggySoft
  49   * DLLManager module and other parts of the Straylight
  50     Dynamic Linking System, by Straylight
  51   * The `Steel' library, by Straylight
  52   * Scuptrix, by Straylight
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  54 With grateful thanks.
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  58                       Special thanks
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  60 Thanks to Dom Symes, for Zap, which I used for all of the
  61 Glass source, and large chunks of Steel.
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  63 Thanks to Gary Partis at Morley, for getting my SCSI system
  64 going.
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  66 Thanks also to Jon Ribbens (of DoggySoft) for some very
  67 constructive comments during test stage 1.  The orange
  68 buttons are done specially for you (in Zap :-) ).  Oh, and
  69 also for the lift down to Acorn World.
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  71 Thanks to Steve Haeck for the lift back :-).
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  73 Thanks to all them at Armen Software.  They know who they
  74 are, and why.
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  76 Thanks to all of the rest of the test team, both offical
  77 and unofficial.
  78
  79 Finally, I'd like to thank Acorn Computers Limited, not
  80 only for all the software given in the list above, but also
  81 for their operating system, and the hardware than runs it.
  82 It sometimes feels like a losing battle trying to make
  83 RISC OS do clever things, but there's always a way, and
  84 it's always worth it in the end.
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  87                      Revision history
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  89 Version    Date         Event
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  91 1.00                    Finished initial version.  Time to
  92                         fix the bugs :-(
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  95                   Things to beware of
  96
  97 There's a tiny problem with Simon Huntingdon's Interface
  98 module which you should be aware of.  If you have an icon
  99 which contains anti-aliased fonts and a validation string
 100 which contains instructions to change the background colour
 101 when the icon is clicked, Interface can become confused and
 102 mangle the font data in the mistaken belief that it's icon
 103 colours.  I've worked around this by forcing the font
 104 information back into the icon, but while it's pressed in,
 105 the icon may appear strange (maybe the text will disappear,
 106 or be in a completely different font).  Be warned.  There's
 107 not an awful lot I can do about this.
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 109 WimpExtension doesn't have this problem (which is lucky,
 110 because it would be much more difficult to work around).
 111
 112 Beware of using the Toolbox on windows that start drags
 113 when you click on them -- they can leave the drags
 114 incomplete, and the application gets very confused, usually
 115 terminally.  I could try sending them a User_Drag_Box
 116 event, but I'm not sure that won't just cause more
 117 problems.  Grab icon used to have this problem too, but
 118 I've stopped using Wimp_DragBox for that now.
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 120 I may consider restricting the Toolbox to Glass's own
 121 windows.  This feature, while not making any strictly
 122 illegal calls, still does somewhat strange things, and
 123 applications which aren't built to stand them will behave
 124 in ways which are unfortunately far too predicatable.
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 126 There appears to be a problem in some versions of the
 127 WindowManager which causes an Address exception when you
 128 have an icon which is both anti-aliased and word-wrapped.
 129 The work-around for this is fairly simple: don't have these
 130 sorts of icons.  This is the first Wimp bug I haven't
 131 managed to bodge my way around somehow.
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