RE: [Pythoncard-users] What Do We Call These Things?

I'm finally getting back to Pythoncard and catching up on the previous
discussions. Between your explanations and the O'Reilly article I finally
understand the HyperCard metaphors. Thanks, Kevin. Your efforts were not in
vain.

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Patrick K. O'Brien
Orbtech

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pyt...@li...
> [mailto:pyt...@li...]On Behalf Of Kevin
> Altis
> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 6:58 PM
> To: pythoncard-Users
> Subject: RE: [Pythoncard-users] What Do We Call These Things?
>
>
> > As much as I've been involved in PythonCard, I still don't know
> > what exactly
> > is meant by stack, background and card. Can someone provide
> definitions of
> > these that make sense in wxPython terms, for those of us who never used
> > HyperCard?
>
> We have two of the most popular HyperCard authors on this list and one of
> the original authors of HyperCard, so one of them should probably be
> providing an answer, not me.
>
> There is not a one to one relationship between HyperCard terms
> and wxPython
> windows and controls. I found a quote in "REALbasic for HyperCard Users"
> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/09/20/realbasic.html
> that is relevant.
[snip]
>
> I hesitate to send this message since when I reread the text I don't think
> it really answers your question. Maybe somebody else will step in
> and give a
> clear answer.
>
> ka