topStack returns empty?

[Phil Davis]

Does the 'effective' modifier make any difference in the result?
   (e.g.  'put the effective topStack')

Phil Davis


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> Gaskin
> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 6:51 PM
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> Subject: topStack returns empty?
> 
> 
> The topstack function should return the topmost window of the lowest 
> mode, but under what circumstances (if any) should it return empty?
> 
> I would have thought that should never occur, since the engine requires 
> at least one stack open at all times.  In my circumstance it should be 
> even simpler, as there is one toplevel stack open and several palette 
> windows -- yet under circumstances I have yet to pin down a recipe for, 
> I have been able to query the topstack in the middle of a complex 
> routine and it returns empty.
> 
> Why?
> 
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