[ANN] A Primer on Message Mechanics--you know, 'send'

[Dar Scott]

I very much appreciate advice from folks on the list.  Here is a 
partial attempt to return the favor.

I am making available to all a stack I call "A Primer on Message 
Mechanics".  It is an introduction to the use of send, cancel and 
pendingMessages.

It is a little long, but it does start at basics and builds up from 
those.  It provides a peek into my style, but I think it is general 
enough that you can develop your own style.  Thumb through it a few 
coffee breaks and download breaks and you should get a feel for how to 
use send.  It does not walk you through building any examples, but it 
does have lots of examples, each building on concepts from previous 
pages and previous examples.

It is essentially an 88 page booklet with live examples and demos.

I created this on OS X and checked it out on Windows XP and Mac OS 9.  
It is designed to be used in the Revolution environment, but I see no 
reason why a standalone cannot be built from it--I just haven't tried 
it yet.  I have heard that it crashes on Windows ME, but it seems to 
work on two other versions of Windows--watch out.  I have no idea how 
useful this will be to MC folks.

Many of the examples are flashing indicators and some of those use red. 
  If this might be a health problem for you, send me a note before 
getting the stack.

If you are new to send and get bogged down, I would appreciate it if 
you would try to articulate where I lost you--if you have time and feel 
so inclined.  Sometimes I get to thinking something is obvious and 
forget all I had to go through to learn it.

If you are an expert in send, please let me know where I have lied.

All, I welcome comment on my style and especially where I have failed 
to treat the user with respect.  I think there are still many spelling 
errors and I welcome comments on those.  I welcome comment on any goof.

I apologize for saying publicly, "It is coming!" and then taking so 
long to get it out.  I risked it being a little belabored to try to 
cover all those little preliminary concepts as well as a few advanced 
'gotchas'.

You can find "A Primer on Message Mechanics" here:

    <http://www.swcp.com/dsc/revstacks.html>

Enjoy!

Dar Scott