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Date: Fri, 08 Jul 94 21:39:00 +0200
Message-Id: <2e1dba5c@daggskim.ct.se>
From: bo.leuf@daggskim.ct.se (Bo Leuf)
Subject: Re: [VOTING] Select All
To: gem-list@world.std.com
Precedence: bulk
> (Ofir Gal <ogal@cix.compulink.co.uk>)
>> [...]
>> I think the standard should recommend that "Select All" be implemented
>> as a toggle; press the same key again to delselect. Why block two
>> assignments?
>
> Maybe you have missed the original discussion. Take the folowing
> example:
> You have a several files selected on the desktop, you want them
> deselected, if you press CTRL+A you will not get it. Instead all files
> will be selected. What you need here is Deselect All.
(Er, right <sheepish grin>...) Although, it would still work: Ctrl-A would
select all (obviously visible since all items would be marked), then another
ctrl-A would deslect all, including the originally selected.
But, ok, I suppose most(?) would prefer a one-command option for deselect.
(illegible signature) Bo Leuf