Stack Directory?

[Richard Gaskin]

Chipp Walters wrote:

> Why do you use "effective filename" instead of just "filename"??

The filename refers to the stack file.  A mainstack is a stack file, so te
property is associated with the mainstack.

A substack does not have its own stackfile per se, but rather inherits the
filename from the mainstack.

Inherited preoperties can be obtained using the "effective" qualifier.  This
works well for other inherited properties, such as textFont and other visual
attributes.  If a field has its textfont defined the "get the textfont"
returns the font name; if not it returns empty.  But since it effectively
inherits the textfont of the next paren uo the chain that has that property
defined, you can learn which font face it's drawn with by getting "the
effective textfont".


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