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Date: Sun, 26 Jun 94 04:42 BST-1
From: Ofir Gal <ogal@cix.compulink.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Dialog Box Proposal Part 1
To: gem-list@world.std.com
Message-Id: <memo.485135@cix.compulink.co.uk>
Precedence: bulk
In-Reply-To: <m0qHZhW-0000LtC@bitsink.gbdata.com>
In message <m0qHZhW-0000LtC@bitsink.gbdata.com>, khollis@bitsink.gbdata.com said:
> character (ie. 0-9, A-Z). The activation characters MUST be in uppercase
Why uppercase? We will end up with buttons called YeS and EXit, an
underscore is enough.
> + SHIFT-CTRL : Insert text from clipboard at its current
> position, then move the counter up one. Press
> again to get the next previously entered string.
I don't follow.
> - Insert : Toggle insert/overwrite mode (change cursor too.)
> + SHIFT : Bring up a character table to select characters to
> input into the editable field.
I thought you were going to follow the current propsal Shift+CTRL+Z
> - Delete : Delete character in front of cursor.
> + LSHIFT : Delete all text to left of cursor.
> + RSHIFT : Delete all text to right of cursor.
> + L&RSHIFT : Delete entire editable field. (Same as [ESC])
This is not in keeping with the current proposal:
BS Delete character to left
Del Delete character to right
CTRL BS Delete word to left
CTRL Del Delete word to right
Shift+CTRL Del Delete to end of line
Shift+CTRL BS Delete from start of line
Shift+BS Same as BS
> - CTRL-C : Copy text to clipboard, don't clear out field.
> - CTRL-V : Paste last copied or cut item back.
> - CTRL-X : Cut text to clipboard, and clear out the field.
What about Shift+CTRL+C for Append to clipboard?
> - CTRL-UNDO : Clear/empty out clipboard information.
This is not necessary and will confuse users as CTRL+Undo is meant to
redo.
> Instead of having the clipboard at a set place (like U:\CLIP or whatever)
This is not needed, that's what scrp_read() and _write() are for. Please
make sure LTMF follows the guidelines as laid out in the Compendium.
> New Level Compliant Proposal:
Not needed IMO. The current proposal is not meant only for WP or text
handling. My Voice Mail prog and GEMBench can easily cope with the current
proposal and neither are WPs.
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I don't think we should vote on this just yet as many items here depend on
the other proposal and how it end up after voting.
Other than the above comments I'm quite happy with your ideas.
Bye,
Ofir ogal@cix.compulink.co.uk