BGs

[Dan Shafer]

This behavior seems only slightly surprising on reflection but I agree 
it should be better documented.

Copying a background from one card to another *duplcates* the 
background so that changes made to one of them will not be reflected in 
the copy. Placing a background seems to me to at least imply that the 
author intends for the background to be shared so that changes to the 
background made from any card will be reflected in all other cards on 
which the background appears. To make that happen, the group must be 
set to behave as a background.

So while it may seem presumptuous of Rev to take this step without 
notifying you or confirming your intent, the ultimate outcome does in 
fact feel correct to me.


On Apr 3, 2005, at 9:44 AM, Wilhelm Sanke wrote:

> On Sun, 3 Apr 2005, Klaus Major <klaus at major-k.de> wrote:
>
>> Yes, that's what my test made clear...
>> "place bg xyz..." WILL set the backgroundbehaviour to true!
>>
>> But setting that prop to false again does NOT work!
>> I still don't think this is correct!
>>
>> Any other hints and opinions are very welcome
>
>
>
> Klaus,
>
> Indeed, there is nothing in the docs that provides information about 
> this automatic setting of the backgroundbehavior to true when using 
> the "place" command.
>
> However, using "copy to" puts a background on another card without 
> setting the bg-behavior to true.
>
> Maybe that's why - having two different commands that almost do the 
> same, but with the exception of the bg-behavior? Intended, but not 
> documented?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wilhelm
>
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