Font_ApplyFields problem

[Kevin Bracey]

In message <ec3229d54a.Tony at mk-net.demon.co.uk>
          Tony van der Hoff <tony at mk-net.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> 3. Add a comment to the help text for OS_F and all the 8-bit functions,
> telling the user to #define OSLIB_USE_OS_F8 if he really wants 8-bit
> handles.
> 
> Any user who needs 8-bit binary compatibility will get it by default; any
> user (there can't be many) who opts for 8-bit source compatibility can set
> the switch in his make file (surely that's minimal *extra work*); anyone
> else gets PRM-compliant 32-bit handles. Everyone can use the short symbols,
> and migrate from 8 to 32 bit by simply undefining a constant. Would that
> finally satisfy everyone?

That would be ideal.

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