That's the way I read it too and I happen to agree with that point of view :)
Until you understand things like pasteboards and displays SMG$ is pretty awesome. Calling
it from Pascal doesn't make it easier I can tell you.
Van: Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman-
Verzonden: dinsdag 1 oktober 2013 15:37
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Onderwerp: Re: [HECnet] FMS, SMG$, Windowing/Forms on a Text Terminal
Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> writes:
Very interesting! I have played a little with SMG$ as
part of
Retrochallenge, and looked at the other projects, but as hinted there is
a steep learning curve with a lot of the products that is bound to put
most off.
Are you saying that there is a steep learning curve to SMG$?
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