Re: Menu manager/journaling question

[David A Lyons <dlyons@apple.com>]

In article <jmk3.736721266@crux1.cit.cornell.edu> Jay Krell,
jmk3@crux3.cit.cornell.edu writes:
> >     I don't remember this discussion, but I remember what Dave Lyons
> >said (and I second it as well). We don't have any bugs logged against
> >journaling in our database, and we haven't had anyone show us exactly
> >what they think is so "broken" with the mechanism. As far as Dave and I
> >are concerned, the notion that journaling is broken is simply a rumor
> >that will not die.
>  
> Jim,
>   Please clear this up with Matt. This "rumor" was started by him and
he is an
> authority. If nothing comes up, I'll ask on GEnie, where he is sure to
respond.

I asked him.  He has no hard evidence to demonstrate problems.  He
suggested I try writing some code to use journaling and see if it works. 
Great, but I don't have time.  We are too short on [human] resources
around here to spend time testing things that are said not to work, when
nobody has actually come across any recent problems.

So:  If anybody actually tries *using* journaling, I will be interested
to know if any problems come up.

(On an earlier note in this thread:  No, MenuSelect does not call
SystemTask, so Run Queue routines don't execute during MenuSelect.  It
has to be that way, because SystemTask lets NDA windows update, and they
would update on top of the pulled-down menu.  Pulled-down menus are
blasted directly to the screen in the Menu Manager port, without changing
any windows' visRgns.)

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