Programming guideline of WinDom
The AV protocol was introduced by the alternative desktop GEMINI. The
idea was to use the GEM messages pipe to allows a custom
communication between the desktop and the desktop accessories. With
the new multitasking systems, this protocol was extended to any GEM
applications. The AV protocol has a server : initialy the Venus
application (the name of the Gemini Desktop) and clients : initialy
the desktop accessories but now any GEM applications. Currently, only
Thing the alternativ desktop handle completly the AV protocol but
many desktop use it (Ease, MagxDesk, Neodesk, Jinnee). For more
informations, read the hypertext documentation of Thing.
WinDom containts some usefull functions alllowing your applications
to comunicate efficiently with the AV server and to use all the
functionnalyties offer by the AV protocol.