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- Date: Thu, 23 Jun 94 02:05 BST-1
- From: Mark Himsley <mdsh@cix.compulink.co.uk>
- Subject: Re: 20/06/94
- To: gem-list@world.std.com
- Message-Id: <memo.460207@cix.compulink.co.uk>
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- In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.87.9406221744.A2853-0100000@grad>
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- >From: Timothy Miller <millert@undergrad.csee.usf.edu>
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- >)I realy don't see what a block has to do with a cursor. A block is a lump,
- >)or lumps, of text, which is marked. A block can be moved, cut, coppied,
- >)saved to a clipboard etc, where as a cursor is a small symbol on the screen,
- >)showing where text will appear when I type.
- >)
- >)If I ever find a piece of software that does not obay the above rules,
- >then I
- >)will not be using it!
- >)
- >
- >The big-cursor paradigm makes perfect sense. The cursor is ALWAYS a
- >block, and vice versa. If the cursor is big (a block), the contents are
- >deleted and the new information inserted in its place.
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- What a totaly silly way to do work!
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- >)Yes, reOPEN realy tells the user exactly what is going to happen, in the
- >)same vain as 'save' and 'save as...'
- >
- >Yes, but REOPEN, to me, means 'open another copy of the same file',
- >rather than 'discard what's in memory and load the last saved version',
- >which is REVERT.
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- I disagree.
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- Mark H.
- mdsh@cix.compulink.co.uk
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