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- Date: Tue, 5 Jul 1994 06:43:38 -0400 (EDT)
- From: Timothy Miller <millert@undergrad.csee.usf.edu>
- Subject: Re: available keys
- To: gem-list@world.std.com
- In-Reply-To: <9407050836.AA01639@lip.ens-lyon.fr>
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- Vincent:
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- )Timothy:
- )vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
- )Shift-Backspace should do the same as Backspace, and CR is the same as
- )any other character that can be deleted. Are you putting physical
- )returns at the ends of your lines within paragraphs? Ick!
- )^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- )In the sources of my programs and in TeX files, I type RETURN at
- )the end of each line.
- )But I've said that finally Shift-Backspace = delete the begining of
- )the line is better.
-
- We've already covered this, and Ofir corrected the problem. It is all
- too easy to accidentally hit Shift-Backspace while typing in a line of
- CAPS, thereby erasing your whole line. Ofir wisely changed it to
- Shift-Ctrl-Backspace which is definately NOT easy to accidentally hit,
- but isn't difficult either and therefore serves the purpose very well.
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- )vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
- )But
- )making other changes like (For things other than tool boxes) not topping
- )windows when they're clicked in not only confuse and frustrate people
- )(myself included), but they often make simple things (like topping
- )windows when you WANT to) difficult.
- )[...]
- )^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- )I disagree.
- )The best thing is that these changes are done by an AUTO program (not
- )in an app) so that you can choose the behavior of the GEM.
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- What I'm saying is that I don't like the added expense of space in my
- program to implement these features, and I don't want to frustrate the
- user by forcing them to use some arcane AUTO program just so they can use
- my application and waste memory the rest of the time. Not to mention the
- fact that I don't want to frustrate myself trying to work with someone's
- hard-to-interface-with OS overlay.
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