On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Edward Heil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 30, 2008, at 8:17 PM, Edward Heil wrote: > >> I've never used start blocks, but jonelf's question had me poking around >> at them, and I'm wondering what they're supposed to be used for. >> >> If you use them to, for example, add a Para to a Flow (in the Flow's start >> block), the para doesn't show up.. until you resize the app window, at which >> point it appears. >> >> Maybe that's not what start blocks are supposed to be used for, but if >> not... what are they for? >> >> Or is it indeed a bug? >> >> > > Oh, sorry, I meant to add a demo: > > Shoes.app do > para "can you see this?" > flow do > start do > para "can you see that?" > end > end > end > > > The "can you see this?" para appears immediately; "can you see that" appears > if you resize the window.
I'm not sure, but I just read the manual entry for start, and this is my theory: The flow is defined with no contents, so it does not paint. Resizing the window triggers a repaint thus exposing the contents of the start block. Just a theory, though! -- Seth Thomas Rasmussen http://greatseth.com
