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Subject: Re: Proposal
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 94 12:29:45 BST
From: Barry Scott Munro <ceebsm@caledonia.hw.ac.uk>
Precedence: bulk
error@stack.urc.tue.nl (Erlend Nagel) writes:
> > Not again. OK just one more question: can we summarize who on the list
> > agree with Tim? Are there ANY MORE people who hit control + a by accident
> > often enough to make it unacceptable?
>
> Ofir, please put this to a vote.
> I think we should have the following three options:
>
> a) remove ^A from the standard and look for a replacement.
> b) leave ^A in the standard but recommend that it is followed by a
> warning.
> c) remove ^A from the standard and do not look for a replacement.
How about d) Stop filling my mailbox flames about ^A ? :)
No, seriously I vote for b) ..... sort of.
I know the deletion of an entire text because of ^A is a stupid situation
but it's NOT to do with the Standard interface we are trying to decide,
more to do with a strange Unix/Windoz type thing which some programmers
(eg. Atari Works) appear to have implemented. I personally don't like the
way a block is deleted when one character is typed but thing if an UNDO
function was there there'd be no real problems. Maybe the addition of
a toggle to stop this deletion or even the use of ^A could be added to
programs to please all those who feel it is enough of a reason to completely
remove a keyboard short-cut.
The thing from UNIX X-Windows I really want to see on the atari is the amazing
block cut & paste options where the right mouse button pastes the block marked
with the left mouse. A double click marks a word and a treble click an entire
line. (I think Let 'Em Fly has a implemented a bit of this with the clipboard
cut and paste option)
Just my opinions, might as well add to the 60+ messages a day anyway! :)
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Barry S. Munro: ceebsm@clust.hw.ac.uk