Strange behavior

[andu]

xbury.cs at clearstream.com wrote:
> 
> on textoid txt
>   lock messages
>   create stack
>   set name of the topstack to "Textoid"
>  go to card 1 of stack "textoid"
> -- why is the previous line necessary? go figure...
>  create field
>  set the rect of fld 1 to the rect of card 1
>  put txt into fld 1
> end textoid
> 
> then type in the message something like:
> textoid "hello"

on textoid txt
  create stack "textoid"
 set the defaultstack to "textoid"
 create field "field1"
 set the rect of fld "field1" of stack "textoid" to (the rect of stack
"textoid")
 put txt into fld "field1" of stack "textoid"
end textoid


Didn't test it but that's how I would start.

> 
> Sounds simple, but for some crooked reason, what happens is that I get two
> stacks, both are called "textoid", one is empty, the other has one field
> with the rect of the stack and the text that was in the param, and then
> there's at least 1 more "raw" field with no text above the first one...
> 
> If i reinstall MC, and put it into the blank home stack, it works correctly.
> But then what good is the lock messages for? I've commented out also the
> openstack/newfield, etc... scripts...
> 
> Can anyone explain?
> 
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