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Re: [RANT] Unfair preferential treatment of Microsoft
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Re: [RANT] Unfair preferential treatment of Microsoft


  • Subject: Re: [RANT] Unfair preferential treatment of Microsoft
  • From: "John C. Randolph" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 11:52:08 -0700

On Thursday, September 20, 2001, at 11:40 AM, Finlay Dobbie wrote:

On Thursday, September 20, 2001, at 07:36 pm, Stiphane Sudre wrote:

Why wouldn't it be possible for Microsoft to code a Genie Effect ?

Because there is no public API for setting the window shape.

So, you do it in a rectangular window with a transparent background color. If I ever get around to implementing pie menus on Mac OS X, that's what I'll probably use.

-jcr

"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." -Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Dec 7, 1941.


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