basic-pane

The class of all windows (excluding menus, which are not usually regarded as windows though they are instances of the window class). A basic-pane instance by default appears on the screen as a simple rectangular blank area with no border or title-bar, but may have any of the standard window attributes by specifying them explicitly when calling make-window.

This class is suitable to use as the superclass of custom application window classes when it is desirable to start with the simplest type of window, adding particular default attributes as needed. For windows that have borders and title-bars, it may be simpler to instead subclass frame-window. If backing-store is desired, instead use a bitmap-pane or bitmap-window. If controls are to be added to the window, a dialog is recommended.

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Created 2002.2.26.