[REBOL] Re: Vid / Subpanels / Dirty?
From: sanghabum:aol at: 31-May-2001 14:52
Thanks Scott,
> Hi, Colin,
> We normally try not to talk "dirty?" on the list.
> ;-)
>
> Here is an extension that more graphically show some of what is going
> on:
>
<snip>
> So, it appears as though your assumption about dirty? changing to true
> on a change is correct (did that make sense??). You will notice that
> pressing return and tab leave the dirty? flag in a different state in
> the other faces than when you use the mouse to click.
>
Okay! I got it! "Dirty?" is reset whenever the field is reshown. that's
enough of a clue for me to code my own persistent-dirty? flag-----I need that
because the thingie I'm writing wants to know which fields have changed
across several subpanels when the user presses the "update button".
We may not talk "dirty?" often, but I think it was the late John Sladek who
pointed out just how smutty most computer language is. He instanced bits,
bytes and rams if I remember rightly. Here's a short poem written entirely
from words found in Vid 1.2 system/words:
View-face
Open wrap
Feel top
Probe bottom
Show-popup
[I'll excise the second verse--which starts "bump"--on the grounds of good
taste]
Thanks again,
--Colin.
