Native OS Support [was Re: printRotated on Mac?]

2004-09-15 Thread Frank Leahy
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Re: Native OS Support [was Re: printRotated on Mac?]

2004-09-15 Thread jbv
> > > I know it's a little off-topic, but every time I see a request like > this I am reminded of how many feature requests would be unnecessary if > RunRev supported a way to call the native OS toolboxes. > > I can even imagine a nice little business building cross-platform > functions to extend R

Re: Native OS Support [was Re: printRotated on Mac?]

2004-09-15 Thread Frank Leahy
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Re: Native OS Support [was Re: printRotated on Mac?]

2004-09-16 Thread Rob Cozens
I know it's a little off-topic, but every time I see a request like this I am reminded of how many feature requests would be unnecessary if RunRev supported a way to call the native OS toolboxes. [snip] Quite a few, in my estimation. I have suggested several times that support for a compiler sym

Re: Native OS Support [was Re: printRotated on Mac?]

2004-09-16 Thread Rob Cozens
In my opinion, a native Transcript solution would be MUCH preferable to reliance on externals. I should note that my opinion appears to be in the minority: On March 27th I invited others who were interested to join me in a private effort to flesh out the concept, create a basic design, and Bugzi