[NAG] Event names

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Mon Apr 19 04:30:35 UTC 1999


----- Original Message -----
From: Reinier van Loon <R.L.J.M.W.van.Loon at inter.nl.net>
To: Squeak Mailing List <squeak at cs.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 1999 5:40 PM
Subject: [NAG] Event names


> Uhm, don't hit me for what I'm going to say...
>
> There was a discussion a week or two ago about cursorPoint and mousePoint.
> There was a clear distinction between a cursor point (the pointer on your
> screen) and a mouse point (the physical position of the device).
>
> I did some Morphic programming last week and then it hit me that Morphic
> uses the event names #mouseLeave and #mouseEnter...
>
> Shouldn't that be/have been cursorLeave and cursorEnter?

Yes.  Or even: #cursorLeft and # cursorEntered, both events being reported
as soon *after* the fact as possible.  They are not imperatives (commands),
after all.





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