Anyone interested in a conversion of the Mickey mouse's animated hand cursor?
Cheers Xavier > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 3:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: hand cursor > > Geoff Canyon wrote: > > > 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. > > > > On Sep 16, 2004, at 2:15 PM, Ken Ray wrote: > > > >> Personally I think this is invasive and IMHO unnecessary. What was > >> the problem with just setting the "defaultCursor" when the > IDE starts up? > >> Sorry, > >> I just don't get it... > > > > > > The idea was to implement something that could > transparently make the > > switch through the entire development process. setting the > > defaultCursor would have broken if anyone set the defaultCursor and > > then emptied it, expecting to get back to the arrow. It also would > > have required inserting code into the developer's project at build > > time, which is something I wanted to avoid completely. > > Maybe something simpler is in order: new cursors use new IDs. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Media Corporation > ___________________________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com > _______________________________________________ > metacard mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard > Visit us at http://www.clearstream.com IMPORTANT MESSAGE Internet communications are not secure and therefore Clearstream International does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Any views expressed in this e-mail are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Clearstream International or of any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. END OF DISCLAIMER _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
