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Date: Wed, 1 Jun 94 12:02 BST-1
From: Ofir Gal <ogal@cix.compulink.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Proposal
To: gem-list@world.std.com
Message-Id: <memo.260516@cix.compulink.co.uk>
Precedence: bulk
In-Reply-To: <199406010913.LAA22897@blade.stack.urc.tue.nl>
>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.
I don't think that CTRL+A should be under discussion at all. We are
wasting bandwidth and people are resigning from the list. If a program is
about to do something destructive then it should warn the user. I will add
a recomendation to the proposal that if in verbose mode and about to
delete the whole doc then display a warning.
Bye,
Ofir ogal@cix.compulink.co.uk