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Date: Sat, 11 Jun 1994 22:34:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Timothy Miller <millert@undergrad.csee.usf.edu>
Subject: Re: Proposal v5
To: gem-list@world.std.com
In-Reply-To: <2df65b90249e@elfhaven.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>
Message-Id: <Pine.3.87.9406112239.C1494-0100000@undergrad>
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On Thu, 9 Jun 1994, Michel Forget wrote:
> Hello Ofir,
>
> [>>Ofir, I am not sure that you understand what I meant. As written, the
> [>>above keyboard shortcut implies that the window should be iconified if
> [>>the key is pressed. I mean we need a key that causes any changes you
> [>>have made to your document/whatever to be thrown away. Everyone,
> [>>even Atari, use Control+H for this...
> [>
> [>I thought that's what CTRL+U was for - Close Window.
> [>
> [>Bye,
> [>Ofir ogal@cix.compulink.co.uk
>
> No; here is an example of what "Abandon" does. Assume that I have a text
> file on a disk. It contains the words "This is a text file.". I load
> the text file into my editor, and change the sentence to something
> else. I decide that I want the original back, so I press Control-H.
> The changes are thrown away and the document is reloaded. It does
> no close the window, iconify it, or do anything to it except restore
> the document in it to its original form.
>
> --
> Michel Forget \\ ess@tibalt.supernet.ab.ca
> Electric Storm Software \\ mforget@elfhaven.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
>
"Abandon" does not clearly convey this message. "Revert" would work
better. "Abandon" to me means "Throw away what's in memory and close the
window".
AVOID AMBIGUITY!