[GEM-dev] musings on multiple_window

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

james tittle wrote:
> On Feb 2, 2005, at 3:46 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
>> just one remark: the ordering of the context-name and the priority 
>> should be arbitrary:
>> eg: [gemhead 10 offscreen]
>> [gemhead blur] (==[gemhead 50 blur])
>> [gemhead bibs 32]
>> ...
> 
> 
> ...no problem there, but I was thinking it'd be easier for backwards 
> compatibility if we kept an ordering of priority then context name:  if 
> we can manage backwards compat. with arbitrary ordering, even better!
> 

i don't think that it will be problematic with respect to backward 
compatibility (which is an absolute _must_)

but what, if we want different priorities for different contexts ?

(this is going to be very complicated, but once we are through it we 
might gain world dominance)


mfg.asd.r
IOhannes