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Date: Tue, 31 May 94 09:59 BST-1
From: Andre Willey <andre@cix.compulink.co.uk>
Subject: Re: MAUS
To: gem-list@world.std.com
Message-Id: <memo.248344@cix.compulink.co.uk>
Precedence: bulk
In-Reply-To: <9405310042.AA12577@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>
In <9405310042.AA12577@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>, warwick@cs.uq.oz.au wrote:
> In message <memo.245801@cix.compulink.co.uk>, you wrote:
>
> > I don't knopw what this obsession with CTRL+A is. I have NEVER lost
> > a document like this, I never pressed CTRL+A by mistake.
>
> You either have a high dexterity, or sufficiently small fingers.
>
> > vote I'll keep it the way it is. It is one of the few key combos
> > that are already standard on the ST and across platform.
>
> By all means yes, ^A should select all. It's what happens next that
> worries people. Provided it is validated
Yes, I agree. The action of selecting 'All' is not itself a problem - it's
what could happen afterwards (e.g. a delete command deleting everything
instead of the character that the user was expecting to delete). The simple
solution to this is to put a warning message on the *delete* command (and
any other dangerous ones) when everything is selected.
Andre
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