Difference between Run tool and Edit tool

[Jeanne A. E. DeVoto]

At 12:51 PM -0500 10/23/2004, Marty Billingsley wrote:
>If the run tool is for running a stack and the edit tool is for editing
>it, why do scripts even run in edit mode?  mouseEnter, mouseLeave,
>openCard, closeCard, etc. all are executed even when the edit tool is the
>one selected.  But mouseDown and mouseUp aren't.

All the messages are actually sent, whether the browse tool or the 
pointer tool is active. But the development environment intercepts 
certain of these messages while it's running, to make development 
possible. (For example, mouseDown and mouseUp obviously would cause 
interference with selecting objects, if they were allowed to be sent 
with the pointer tool.)

And yes, I agree with Richard about the tooltips. Introducing new 
parallel terminology is confusing, and it's not necessary given that 
there are existing terms that are supported in the language.
-- 
jeanne a. e. devoto ~ revolution at jaedworks.com
http://www.jaedworks.com