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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
- Subject: Re: New filer
- Message-ID: <1992Dec19.051533.29368@cs.aukuni.ac.nz>
- From: jwil1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (TMOTA)
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 05:15:33 GMT
- Sender: jwil1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (TMOTA)
- Organization: Computer Science Dept. University of Auckland
- Lines: 33
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- [key shortcuts in the filer]
- >> i.e. ^C copy
- >> ^V move
- >> ^Z clear selection
- >> ^X delete (preferably with a confirmation, something like :
- >> Are you sure you want to delete all those files? )
- >> ^E rename (edit name)
- >> and maybe some others.
-
- Most important is ^I for program info, which should bring up the info
- window that RISC OS 3.10 hides 3 levels deep... This is pretty good as it
- is, but if it actually *COUNTed applications when it was invoked (rather
- than claiming they were 2048 bytes in size!) it would be better still...
- And for applications, it could also use a !Info file to hold the author's
- name, comments, etc. for display in the window, a la Macintosh.
-
- >This brings up an interesting point - how are you going
- >to do hotkeys for a window which doesnt normaly have the
- >input focus
-
- Well, obviously you don't end up with the caret in filer windows as often
- as I do! I thought they might have done something about it in RO 3.10, but
- it's still just as easy...
- ;-)
-
- Simply placing the caret in the window when you select something in it is
- all that is necessary, in the normal RISC OS fashion (And we are talking about
- a complete replacement for the filer, so it's not as if this would be a
- problem).
- --
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