On 27/10/2004, at 12:36 AM, tedd wrote:

> W:
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> Well duh! Why is it that I'm always the last to know?
>
> Thanks.
>
> tedd

you're the last to ask ?


Pete...                          (the other one)

                              "Not those voices again..."



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>> They are probably constants (offsets) relating to a rectangle
>> top,left,bottom,right
>>
>> top    = 0
>> left   = 2
>> bottom = 4
>> right  = 6
>>
>>
>> They would be built in and would not go away.
>>
>>
>> W.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tedd [mailto:tedd@...]
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 9:26 AM
>> To: futurebasic@...
>> Subject: [FB] There's the right way, and the left way...
>>
>>
>> Hi gang:
>>
>> Recently I attempted to define the constants _left and _right in one
>> of my programs, but found them already defined, namely:
>>
>>      _left = 2
>>      _right = 6
>>
>> I can still use them "as is", but what's the significance of the
>> values of 2 and 6 for left and right?
>>
>> I would have thought that one would be "even" and the other "odd", or
>> one positive and the other negative, or one twice the value of the
>> other, or something obvious -- but 2 and 6? I don't get it. What's
>> the reason for this -- and, more importantly, are these values to
>> remain constant in the future?
>>
>> tedd
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