[mgp-users 00777] Re: what is %area

[Michael Felsberg <mfe@isy.liu.se>]

%area is a feature to make the subsequent commands act on a certain area of 
the screen only, e.g. to create a footline, to place pictures etc. This was 
introduced with 1.09. Unfortunately, many distributions of Linux still 
contain the old package 1.08 (e.g. SuSE 7.3) and most rpm are 1.08. I 
compiled the sources from magicpoint's page.

Michael

On Friday 25 January 2002 13:33, you wrote:
> > 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