groups and background
Dar Scott
dsc at swcp.com
Sat Dec 28 18:23:00 EST 2002
Let's see if I got this right.
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A group may have its backgroundBehavior property set to true. Such a
group introduces interesting paths on any card it is on. This group is
also placed on new cards under some conditions. The card/stack property
backgroundNames lists all groups with this property set to true for the
specified card or stack.
Groups may be shared. "The number of backgrounds (of a stack)" is the
number of sharable groups in the stack; shared groups are counted only
once. (The number of backgrounds of a card is 0.) All groups are
sharable except nested groups. The property groupNames is a card
property that lists all sharable groups on the card. There is no such
property for stacks.
"The number of groups" [of a specified card] is the total number of
groups on the card including shared and nested. The number of groups of
a stack is the total number of groups on the current card. Shared
groups are counted just once.
The expression "group <groupref>" refers to a group on the current or
specified card. The expression "background <groupref> refers to any
group in the current or specified stack (including nested groups). The
layer number (if used) for the background reference refers to the
creation order.
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Is this right? Is this complete? Is the word group or background used
in any other way?
Dar Scott
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