>Since MC does not support "doMenu" as extensively as HC i do not forsee
>working on the menus till spring.
Look for the "menuPick" message. MC has all its menus in popup-buttons
(you can show them using the "editMenus" property), since other platforms
don't have a global menu bar.
>I will produce between 20 and 100 basic icons (arrows, applications, sound
>volume, obvious stuff) in a bitmap format. Once i figure out how to get to the
>tool palette (thanks for the hint that it is a substack of home) i shall
>indeed, do a bit of surgery on our unfortunate hand icon (perhaps it is a
>cousin of Thing?)
The cursors are also just graphics, as are the icons. There are sub-stacks
of home that contain them.
>I personally prefer Chicago 12 for dialogues and the default font for buttons
>- if it would be compatible with pc. What is the default font on pc dialogues?
>on pc buttons?
Chicago is a Mac-only font. That's why MetaCard chose Helvetica. It's the
only font that looks pretty much the same on Mac, Unix and Windows. But my
personal opinion is making everything Macintosh for now. MC can still use
Helvetica Bold or Arial Black or whatever on Win and Unix.
>If the interface looks mac or pc is ok by me but it does need improvement.
Of course I'd prefer Mac to Windows, but as long as it looks halfway
decent I don't mind. The worst thing aren't the icons or the buttons, it's
the arrangement of menus and dialog boxes, combined with use of many tricks
like MetaCharacters.
>Oh, i favor monaco or geneva for the default script editor - again, are they
>supported in the pc environment?
Both no. I'd suggest Courier, as it's one of the few fonts that's
available with most computers, whether Mac or Windows.
>Regarding MCs background/grouping system, it sure is different. I hope to be
>able to figure it out - i can ungroup my imported HC background but then how
>to regroup it? shall figure it out...
You needn't ungroup it to edit it. Use the "Edit Groups" command (may even
be called Edit Background).
My suggestion would be orienting the editor more towards ClarisDraw or
other vector draw programs, with a whiff of SuperCard and HyperCard here
and there.
Cheers,
-- M. Uli Kusterer
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