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Date: Sat, 11 Jun 1994 00:24:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: Timothy Miller <millert@undergrad.csee.usf.edu>
Subject: Re: Proposal 6
To: gem-list@world.std.com
In-Reply-To: <memo.347873@cix.compulink.co.uk>
Message-Id: <Pine.3.87.9406110005.A3388-0100000-0100000-0100000-0100000-0100000@grad>
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Ofir said ------------------------
CTRL BS - Delete word to left
CTRL Del - Delete word to right
CTRL left/right arrow - Move one word left/right
CTRL up/down arrow - Move one paragraph up/down
...
Shift left/right arrow - Move to start/end of line
Shift up/down arrow - Scroll one screen up/down
Shift Del - Delete to end of line
Shift BS - Delete from start of line
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It has been suggested several times that shift and control for the two
above sets be EXCHANGED for various reasons, including the danger
involved in at least one of them (shift-backspace), and that some people
have expressed a preference that they be exchanged and some have said
that the exchanged version would be more logical and consistent with some
programs.
You can't possibly believe that shift-backspace is a GOOD thing, can
you? Why do you want it in there? You can solve (kludge) the Ctrl-A
problem by making dramatic changes in philosophy from how many programs
function, but there's nothing you can do to fix shift-backspace. If
you're typing in a string of capital letters, make a space, and hit
backspace, your line is GONE! This is NOT a good design. Change it.
If you think that ignoring me is going to get me to stop nagging, you're
wrong. I am the king of Atari fanatics, and I will NOT allow (without a
BIG fight) something to add further corruption to developer standards and
methods. My intention is to make sure that this standard is as
bullet-proof as possible, no matter what it takes.
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Don't ever use any software that uses Ctrl-A for Select-All
Don't ever use any software that uses Shift-Backspace to delete a line.
Unusual tagline, isn't it?
Timothy Miller