Porting UNIX Applications to the Mac

[Edward Vielmetti]

In article <267 at uwmacc.UUCP> dubois at uwmacc.UUCP (Bill Winkle) writes:
>Mac users (some of 'em, anyway) like to talk about modeless
>operation, but let's not forget:  the mouse *IS* a mode.

Actually the Mac mouse interface is highly modal.  The meaning of
a mouse click depends entirely on where you are on screen.  MS Chart
used to (still does? don't know) switch cursors every time the meaning
of a mouse-click changed.  Run that thing over a chart and the cursor
would change 5, 10, 15 times.

Edward Vielmetti, U-Mich Computing Center, ihnp4!umich!umix!emv
					   emv at umix.cc.umich.edu