OpenEuphoria

DOS GUI

• Posted by "Cuny, David" <David.Cuny at DSS.CA.GOV> Aug 18, 1998
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I've been thinking about how my (still varporware) Dos32Lib, and decided
that I had gotten *way* off base with WinMan.

Sure, it's neat to be able to maximize, minimize and drag a window
around on the screen. But is it really necessary? After all, in DOS
mode, there is only going to be one application running. So it may as
well fill the whole screen.

This is the approach that Scitech took with their MGL GUI - it runs in
full screen mode. I was  disappointed when I initially saw that. But
now, it makes a lot of sense.

So I've decided that's the approach that I should be taking with
DOS32Lib. You'll get a menu bar at the top of the screen, and a status
line at the bottom. The rest of the screen will be occupied by the
primary window.

Any objections/comments to this approach?

-- David Cuny