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- Subject: digested Nolte,Oates
- Date: Wed, 22 Jun 1994 14:06:29 +1000
- From: Warwick Allison <warwick@cs.uq.oz.au>
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- Mike Nolte:
-
- > AbandonWindow =
- > ...
- > else
- > {
- > close, reload
- > }
- > You do really need the else branch? I mean, why close and reload while no
- > changes have been made?
-
- Because the FILE might have changed (multitasking, remember). Just like
- these programs that don't give you the option to Save if they believe the
- document has not been changed. It's fascist! How does the program know
- that I accidentally trashed the file in another application?!!!
-
- I disagree with the whole Abandon function, but that doesn't matter - we
- only have to use the shortcuts IF the func is implemented.
-
- > "Reload" tells me what's going to happen. Which is IMO more important than
- > elegance.
-
- Oxford defn of `revert':
- Return, come or go back, to or from a place or position.
-
- `Reload' clearly means `load it again', but doesn't have a `delete it first'
- conotation.
-
- `Abandon' clearly means `delete it', but doesn't have a `load it again'
- conotation.
-
- `Revert' has both.
-
-
- Christopher Taylor Oates:
- > I like the Atariworks way of using the Fkeys for [User-Defined Macros].
-
- The trouble with function keys is that they are really quite difficult
- to remember. Alt-letter combinations are much easier, and there are more
- of them.
-
- --
- Warwick
-