Wimp_PlotIcon

[Jan-Jaap van der Geer]

Tom Hughes <tom at compton.nu> wrote:

> Oddly enough I had just been going through the Select 3i1
> documentation to see what needed to be added when you mail
> arrived...

:-)
 
> In message <39e8b2094c.Jan-Jaap at c2i.net>
>           Jan-Jaap van der Geer <janjaap at dsv.nl> wrote:
> > From my experience, the R3/4 work even when R2 isn't equal to
> > 'TASK', so I suppose R2 should be used if using R5/6/7. I don't
> > feel the documentation is quite clear about that. But I've been
> > using R3/4 for years without R2 being 'TASK'...
 
> The StrongHelp manuals says R3 and R4 work in RO3 but the PRM
> doesn't mention them at all.

I know, I don't know where the information comes from, but it
certainly is true that Wimp_PlotIcon isn't much use without R3 & R4
being 0. And setting them to zero is a bit difficult under the
current OSLib. :-)
 
> > Is there any chance this can be supported by OSLib?...

> I have just committed the Wimp_PlotIconWithSpriteArea and
> Wimp_PlotIconWithWindow SWIs to provide this new interface.

Great, thanks!

Cheers,
Jan-Jaap