Expanded Desk Menu; Adoptive Menu Bars; Foreground And Background Applications - Atari Faicon030 Owner's Manual

M u ltiTOS use Inter-Process Communications ( IPCs), such as messages, pipes, e tc . ,
t o pass i nformation. App l icatons that use the same I PCs c a n share information w ith
M ul t iTOS .
Expanded Desk M e n u
One of the first things you ' l l notice about M u ltiTOS i s its expanded desk menu.
The expanded desk menu not only l i sts the usual selectable items, but also l ists the
desktop and every active program as selectable i tems. The foreground application i s
i ndicated b y a checkmark.
Ad optive M e n u Bars
M u ltiTOS adopts the menu bar of whatever application i s running in the
foreground. When the foreground application doesn ' t have its own men u ,
M u l tiTOS uses t h e desktop ' s menu.
Fo reg ro u nd and Backg ro u n d App l i cat i o n s
M u ltiTOS allows you to have a foreground application and a number of
background applications runni ng simultaneously. The exact number of open
applications depends on the amount available memory. The foreground application
runs in the top w i ndow and a background application s run in the bottOm w indows.
Note: Whichever application is in the Joreground receives inputJrom the keyboard.
M u ltiTOS allows you to choose the top w indow by selecting or
more information on topping see Choosing the Foreground Application later in this
chapter. When you top a w i ndow, M u l tiTOS displays the menu associated w ith the
foreground appl ication, if that application has its own menu.
Part 1/: Using the Desktop
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