[MCP] Events

Andreas Raab andreas.raab at gmx.de
Fri Mar 7 13:16:18 UTC 2003


Chris,

Short answer: In general, yes the event handler stuff "should" be replaced
by something more general. But doing so will break all sorts of things since
the semantics cannot be identical. Been there, done that. Very hard problem.

Cheers,
  - Andreas

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> Subject: [MCP] Events
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> I've wrote this before (2001/02, don't remember exactly). Should the
> Morphic Eventsystem be replaced by the Events implemented in Object?
> 
> In Morph see categories 'event handling'.
> In Object see categories starting with 'events-'.
> 
> I don't know if this is a good idea or a bad. Just an idea 
> that might be
> of interest.
> 
> Regards
>              Chris Burkert
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