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- From: jwil1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (TMOTA)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
- Subject: Re: Improved filer
- Message-ID: <1992Dec20.010804.5214@cs.aukuni.ac.nz>
- Date: 20 Dec 92 01:08:04 GMT
- References: <marlow.723896990@radon.sys.uea.ac.uk>
- <1992Dec15.131442.22909@reks.uia.ac.be> <gilbertd.724595093@cs.man.ac.uk> <1992Dec18.134353.1@vxdesy.desy.de>
- Sender: jwil1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (TMOTA)
- Organization: Computer Science Dept. University of Auckland
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- burke@vxdesy.desy.de writes:
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- >You don't need a separate window, you can set the hot-key bit on the filer
- >window. The problem is more one of clashes between a foreground application and
- >hot keys (e.g. DeskEdit traps just about every normal keycode). You really need
-
- WHY?
- You can only have a filer-selection in a single window anyway, so where
- is the problem with simply placing the input focus in the filer-window when
- the selection is made, just as you would if, for example, you selected a piece
- of text in !Edit or an object in !Draw... Why should a filer window be any
- different?
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