[Oberon] Re (2): Trying to understand vertical scrolling

[peter at easthope.ca]

From:	"Douglas G. Danforth" <danforth at greenwoodfarm.com>
Date:	Mon, 11 Apr 2016 02:26:52 -0700
> There has been too much tinkering with Oberon.
> Too many flavors and versions.

Agreed, but ...

> I would much prefer to see a site dedicated to the use of Oberon
> (vanilla flavored). 

Which vanilla?  California, Classic, Double, French?  =8~)  
I prefer NO vanilla.  Not "no vanilla" of course.  I'm 
partial to vanilla too.

Bugs exist and bug fixing isn't tinkering.  And there are 
still sharp corners to smooth.  The differing scrolling 
behaviours of Edit and ET for example.  Introductory 
documentation should mention only ET and not Edit.  No sense 
in trying to teach module extension before a Text larger 
than a viewer can be read.

Also, new hardware appears.  Touchscreens weren't 
ubiquitous in Ceres days.  The work of Andreas is likely 
to be helpful or essential to a touchscreen interface.  
Bravo Andreas!

Regards,               ... Lyall E.

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