[mgp-users 00776] Re: what is %area

[Hans Fangohr <fangohr@soton.ac.uk>]

> I found it too unconvenient to have X without a window manager. I used to
> have the %xsystem command working together with xanim fairly well (note that
> xanim don't know b-frames in contrast to mpeg_play). Unfortunately, since the
> %area command (which is itself a great improvement!) was introduced, the
> %xsystem places my xanim output always on the left border of the screen :-(

Is %area a new feature of 1.09? In 1.08 I can't find any documentation.
Can you briefly describe what it does?

Many thanks,

Hans