indexing

	description: 
		"Parent of any graphic application. %
		%Contains some global operations such as `set_global_cursor' or `show_tree'";
	status: "See notice at end of class";
	date: "$Date$";
	revision: "$Revision$"

class

	GRAPHICS 

inherit

	G_ANY;

	W_MAN_GEN
		export
			{NONE} all
		end

feature -- Access

	global_cursor: SCREEN_CURSOR is
			-- Global cursor for the whole application.
			-- Void if no global cursor has been defined
			-- with `set_global_cursor'.
		do
			Result := toolkit.global_cursor
		end;

feature -- Basic operations

	exit is
			-- Exit from the application.
		do
			toolkit.exit
		end;

	iterate is
			-- Loop the application.
		do
			toolkit.iterate
		end;

	restore_cursors is
			-- Restore the cursors as they were before `set_global_cursor'.
		require
--			a_global_cursor_set_before: global_cursor /= Void
		do
			toolkit.restore_cursors
		ensure
			no_global_cursor_anymore: (global_cursor = Void)
		end;

	set_global_cursor (cursor: SCREEN_CURSOR) is
			-- Set a global cursor for the whole application.
			-- Warning: the effect of calling `set_type' on a CURSOR or
			-- `set_cursor' on a WIDGET is not defined.
			-- It depends on the specific implementation.
		require
			a_cursor_exists: cursor /= Void
			--no_global_cursor_already_set: (global_cursor = Void)
		do
			toolkit.set_global_cursor (cursor)
		ensure
			correctly_set: global_cursor = cursor
		end; 

	show_tree (a_file: PLAIN_TEXT_FILE) is
			-- Print a textual representation of the widgets tree on `a_file'.
		require
			a_file_exists: a_file /= Void
			a_file_opened_for_writing: a_file.is_open_write
		do
			widget_manager.show_tree (a_file)
		end 

end -- class GRAPHICS



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