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Huh?
Authored by: serversurfer on Jun 25, '02 02:54:20AM

I don't notice any difference in OmniWeb 4.1



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Re: Huh?
Authored by: sjk on Jun 25, '02 04:59:22AM

Me neither. Think I'll go have those few beers now. :-)



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Huh?
Authored by: jaacob on Jun 25, '02 12:00:44PM

I haven't tried this in OmniWeb, so I can't vouch for it, but this trick does seem to work in other Cocoa apps (Terminal.app and Adium.app work for me). Unless there is a lot of material to scroll though, holding down option won't make a noticiable difference.

I saw the most dramatic effect when I was scrolling through a long Terminal window (over 2000 lines). On text this long, moving the scroll bar up one pixel moved the text up about 10 lines. But holding down the option key, moving it one pixel moved text a line at a time. Hope this helps; this is a pretty subtle hint, but I can see it being useful once in a while.



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TERMINAL IS CARBON!!!!
Authored by: VEGx on Jun 25, '02 12:48:20PM

DO I NEED TO SAY MORE?



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TERMINAL IS CARBON!!!!
Authored by: flamingnight on Jun 25, '02 02:34:01PM

Yes! Say more! Because you're wrong...
I used Silk (not the traditional method, but it works...) to find out if Terminal.app is a Cocoa or Carbon app. And Silk returns:
"Terminal is a Cocoa application. It will NOT be affected by Silk."

chris
aquax@optonline.net



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then why...
Authored by: VEGx on Jun 25, '02 03:18:29PM
Then why doesn't it behave as cocoa app?

It doesn't allow using "Services" [highlight a URL in the Terminal and use the OmniWeb service to open it; doesn't work].

Cocoa applications you can identify by command+clicking on them. [Search this Forum, there was a post about it.] Terminal.app doesn't behave as cocoa.

Open two windows of the Terminal.app, command+click on the scroll bar of the window in the background. It Terminal would be cocoa, the Terminal window that is in the background SHOULD NOT get the focus. However, it does... hence, not cocoa. I guess.

Prove me wrong.

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then why...
Authored by: HeimirFreyr on Jun 25, '02 03:47:12PM

Humm... when I open a Terminal windows, type 'ls' a couple of times, then open another one, hold down command and try to scroll in the window behind, the scroll bars are fully functional and it does not get focus.

Besides, not many carbon programs use the .nib UI layout (although they can).



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look like you're right
Authored by: VEGx on Jun 25, '02 04:13:48PM

funny, I just tried it before today, before ever reading this post: AND IT DIDN'T WORK! Tried again and know it worked. Maybe I wasn't careful and pushed the option key instead. Silly me! :)



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