Re: Fun = Signals + Buffers + Insets

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

>>>>> "Allan" == Allan Rae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Allan> On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen wrote:
>> > Asger> Does an inset really need to know the owner of itself?
>> [buffer] > > It is needed in some cases.
>> 
>> When?

Allan> Every inset with an associated popup needs to know which buffer
Allan> it belongs to so the popup can talk to it (eg. get/set data).
Allan> I haven't given much thought to removing this requirement but I
Allan> am certainly open to suggestions.

Allan> The inset only needs to know its owner to make the GUI work not
Allan> for any other reason that I can think of other than my limited
Allan> signal stuff.

It seems to me that currently the include inset needs to know about
its parent to work correctly. To make this change, we'd have to pass
extra information in some cases.

JMarc