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Date: Mon, 30 May 1994 19:49:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: Timothy Miller <millert@undergrad.csee.usf.edu>
Subject: Re: MAUS
To: gem-list@world.std.com
In-Reply-To: <memo.245801@cix.compulink.co.uk>
Message-Id: <Pine.3.87.9405301921.A18425-0100000@undergrad>
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On Mon, 30 May 1994, Ofir Gal wrote:
>
> In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.87.9405301540.C17681-0100000@undergrad>
>
>
> In message <Pine.3.87.9405301540.C17681-0100000@undergrad>, millert@undergrad.csee.usf.edu said:
> >Are you not concerned about the danger to the document? The existence of
> >UNDO does not make me feel any better. I souldn't have to worry about
> >it. Ctrl-A makes me worry. LOOK at the keyboard. Ctrl is right next to
> >A, so it's easy to mistakenly hit, and then to make it do something as
> >dangerous as selecting the whole document is pure madness.
>
> 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. If it comes to a
> 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.
>
> The purpose of this mail list is to establish a standard, not to create
> another one which nobody follows.
>
> Bye,
>
> Ofir ogal@cix.compulink.co.uk
>
>
What I'm suggesting is that Ctrl-A be REMOVED from the standard.
I'm not the only person with this concern. And besides that, the fact
that it has been mentioned is grounds for it to be considered.