dispatch and the target

[J. Landman Gay]

On 8/12/11 12:04 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
> You can refer to the current stack using the topStack.

Yes, but with caveats. If the stack isn't a toplevel (regular document) 
stack, then it (usually) won't be the topstack. It might be the 
defaultstack though.

> A library
> should be capable of working no matter which stack has the focus. I
> would rewrite  the scripts in the library stack to be independent.
> Also, you should not have to dispatch to a library stack. Start Using
> puts the stack script in the backScript, and therefore in the message
> path.
>
> This means however, that all your scripts need to be in the stack
> script and not other objects.

That's true, "start using" only works with stack scripts. You can use 
the script of any object by doing "insert script of <object reference> 
into back". That gives more flexibility and allows the in-use script to 
be stored anywhere.

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