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- From: mg@elan (Michael Golan)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: X-like cut & paste in WPS?
- Message-ID: <mg.712021071@elan>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 23:37:51 GMT
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- Organization: Princeton University, Dept. of Computer Science
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- fritz@ra.csc.ti.com (Fritz Whittington) writes:
-
- >>What would it hurt to have both methods? It hurts IBM's claim of ease of
- >>use and productivity to leave out the simple, standard method that people
- >>keep asking for.
-
- >If you allow this, then if running a DOS application in a window, and
- >the DOS program is designed to use the mouse, how are you going to
- >tell the difference between a mark operation and an
- >application-defined operation?
-
- Oh come on, we have all those KBD_... in DOS settings, it would be really
- smart and useful if OS2 provided SOME KIND of mouse use in the DOS box,
- with a MOUSE_.. setup for those who need mouse support in the dos box.
- It can even be automatic... once a DOS program access the mouse driver,
- it is 'owned' by the DOS box for the rest of the session.
-
- IBM should buy a copy of Desqview and try it out ...OS/2's dos boxes are nice,
- but they could learn some new tricks. After all, IBM is a new dog now :-)
-
- For that matter, IBM could have brought Desqview (the company) years ago, add a
- re-entrent DOS and OS/2 support and have a great product... Of course, MS
- is the major company to blaim for the existing DOS anyway.
-
- Michael Golan
- mg@princeton.edu
-