Time display

[miscdas at boxfrog.com]

1.  Actually, it is , "The LOVE of idle is the root of all evil". It is the 
love of the object that is problematic, not the object itself. 

2.  The Help Index is a beautiful thing, sorely under used. Entering "idle" 
will get you the MetaTalk Reference stack that includes, "The idle message 
is supported for backward compatibility. All new development should use 
delayed send commands insted of idle." 

miscdas 


>Phil Davis writes:

> Actually that should be: 
> 
>   Idle handlers are the devil's workshop. 
> 
> (maybe the old saying was only a US thing... )
> :o)
> Phil 
> 
> On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 10:51 PM, Dominique wrote: 
> 
>>> Put an "on idle" handler in the card's script
>> 
>> idle is the root of all evil... 
>> 
>> avoid it! 
>> 
>> --
>> Regards,
>> (-8 Dominique
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