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From: mforget@elfhaven.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Michel Forget)
Subject: Re: MAUS
Date: Sun, 22 May 1994 01:50:50 -0600
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In <memo.248344@cix.compulink.co.uk>, you write:
[> 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.
If this was a "verbose mode" option (ie: it could be turned off) then
it would be good. I've never made this mistake, though, so I would
be very annoyed if the program kept asking me questions every time
I tried to perform a 'dangerous' block operation.
[> | Andre Willey | Cygnus Software Development |
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