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[Klaus Major]

Hi Geoff,

> On Sep 16, 2004, at 2:47 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>
>> I recognize that RunRev believes the current implementation is 
>> complete, but it appears they did not implement or perhaps 
>> misunderstood the spec that they'd worked on which would have also 
>> provided backward compatibility as well.
>>
>> ID 28 is used by the splitter.  We could change that too, and the 
>> arrow cursor and its affected compliment along with them and other 
>> IDs in use for a decade before Rev was born, but before we slide down 
>> that slippery slope I'd prefer to ask that the team review the spec 
>> and decide if they're fully satisfied with the current 
>> implementation.
>
> The original spec doesn't seem to be linked on the wiki anymore, but 
> here it is:
>
> http://www.mathfieldday.com:8080/revdevteam/cursor
>
> I think they have largely implemented the spec as written, with a few 
> omissions and a gotcha. The omission is that that the spec called for 
> a preference setting. No big deal it seems to me.
>
> The gotcha is that in writing the spec, I used 28 as an example: 
> "Tuviah changes the engine to use a currently unused id as the default 
> browse cursor. Let's say it's 28, for the sake of discussion."
>
> I didn't check to see that 28 wasn't already used, since I was just 
> giving an example. I'm guessing that's the heart of the current issue.

Do you mean this is nothing but the result of (extremely) poor 
communication?


Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
http://www.major-k.de