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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re:  2.0 Compatibility
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References: <mykes.2036@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG> <1991Apr30.133904.12649@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <mykes.2104@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG>
Date: Sat, 4 May 1991 19:53:40 GMT

In article <mykes.2104@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG> mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) writes:
>
>Programs that follow the rules in the RKMs *exactly* are already
>having problems with 2.0.  For example, 2.0 allows you to change
>the default screen and window fonts.  Try changing to a 15 point font
>and watch menustrips get screwed up!  The whole point of my posting is
>that there is NO way to maintain compatibility given the direction
>things have and are going.
>
	WRONG. Those programs used NULL for their font rather
than specifically specifying Topaz, which they were told to do.
Everyone assumed that it would never happen. That was their
fault.

	-- Ethan

"Brain! Brain! What is Brain?"
