How to Disable the Preference and About Box Items
David Burgun
dburgun at dsl.pipex.com
Wed Dec 7 07:21:33 EST 2005
>Hi Dave,
>
>Le 6 déc. 05 à 20:23, David Burgun a écrit :
>
>>That way 96% of computer users wouldn't be affected, except that
>>they could code without having to test for MacOS X. At the moment,
>>you cannot disable the Edit or Help Menu's as a whole unless you
>>test for MacOS X first
>
>In my experience and to be frank, cross-platform stacks or
>standalones must be tested on each platform (there always some
>difference*) and standalones built on the platform they are made
>for**.
I totally agree, but the fewer times you have to say if platform =
"xxxxxx" in *any* language, the better, and this is a way of reducing
the number of "if's" by one!
It would also have the added benefit of fixing a bug in Rev! Two
birds with one stone! Can't be Bad!
>
>* For instance, pop-up menus respond to mouseDown on MAcOS and
>mouseUp on other platforms.
>** This avoids to have a conversion IsoToMac or MacToIso of all
>scripts at opening without speaking of the conversion on-the-fly of
>some custom properties and external files.
All the Best
Dave
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