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- From: jcav@quads.uchicago.edu (JohnC)
- Subject: Re: Top Ten Things I'd Like to See in Think Pasal
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.163358.15624@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- References: <a69376dd@fairgate.uucp> <1992Jul23.110356.14261@rhrk.uni-kl.de> <de19-240792042122@mac43-pg2.umd.edu>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 16:33:58 GMT
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- In article <de19-240792042122@mac43-pg2.umd.edu> de19@umail.umd.edu (Dana S Emery) writes:
- >In article <1992Jul23.110356.14261@rhrk.uni-kl.de>,
- >kemper@millelac.rhrk.uni-kl.de (Michael Kemper [Informatik])
- >writes in response to article <a69376dd@fairgate.uucp>,
- >paul@fairgate.uucp (Paul Robichaux) who wrote:
- >> |>8) Let me "Add File" at a specific point in the project. I guess what
- >> |> I'm really asking for is an insertion point in the project window.
- >>
- >> Hmmm. How often do you add a file to your project? Since this function
- >> isn't used very often, I don't think your suggestion is a "must".
- >
- >The point is not how often it is used, but how painfull it is to do when
- >one has a large project to add to. Think P 'Adds' the file to the end of
- >whatever segment is at the end (? beginning, sorry, I forget) of the list.
- >I usually drag the segment to the end, then add the file(s), then shift to
- >the build order view and drag the file(s) (again) to their proper build
- >position. This is a timeconsuming pain when you already have 125 TCL
- >source files/libraries/TBinterface files as overhead.
-
- I think a better solution would be to allow selection of multiple objects in
- the Project window. That way, you could Add multiple files, then drag them
- as a group to the preferred location. Seems cleaner than an "insertion
- point" in the Project. Actually, I can't figure out why multiple-selection
- wasn't present from the beginning.
-
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