#: 3729 S10/Tandy CoCo
    23-May-90  00:29:33
Sb: #3716-Selecting windows
Fm: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227
To: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104

Tony,

Right, 1b20 xx's do the same thing as wcreate does (altho wcreate also iniz's
the window I think).

Wmode lets you set up all windows to default to 80x24, which is handy if you
like to start applications just by "program >>/w&", y'see.

I think with the latest info I gave you, you should be able to do what you
want, more or less. Not everything is possible with any windowing system. The
rules for us with the 1b21 Select code are fairly simple:

* For immediate visible change to take place, you must be running off the
current interactive window. This makes sense, as you wouldn't want any program
in the world to switch windows on you while you're typing or mousing... just
the ones which you yourself have chosen via the CLEAR key.

* Just as with any other char or escape code, you can't force Select past a
program which is already using that window. If you have Basic09 in W3, for
example, doing "display 1b21 >/w3" from another window will hang until you went
to W3 manually and hit ENTER a coupla times for basic09 to let the code make it
thru.

* Other rules. I'll go into detail later. I think the previous msg will help if
you study it some. Let me know what you figure out - kev