Date   : Fri, 22 Jan 1993 11:44:45 GMT
From   : "Mik Davis" <davism@...>
Subject: Re: Re:Real time clock, and BBC as a graphics terminal

 >      "Mik Davis" <davism@...> writes:
 >      
 >      >   Youd have to be careful that the arch. didnt filter out any odd
characters
 >      > which it considered to be unsuitable for a task window (try calling
up a task
 >      > window and doing a mode change - nothing happens. I dont know at
what level this
 >      > filtering takes place though.
 >      
 >      TaskWindow does this as a default action. You can open a taskwindow
with *all*
 >      characters (ctrl or otherwise) passed through verbatim by using the
'-ctrl'
 >      option on the *TaskWindow command.
 >      

  Even so, you'd then have to trap these characters yourself. Not being an
Archimedes programmer I really don't know whether this would be possible.


        Mik Davis at Aston University. E-Mail davism@...
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