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- From: Quinn <quinn@cs.uwa.edu.au>
- Subject: Re: Think Ref 2.0
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.010433.24766@bilby.cs.uwa.edu.au>
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- Organization: The University of Western Australia
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- References: <1993Jan7.193426.26713@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu> <PHILS.93Jan9224010@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> <1993Jan10.105211.527@sics.se> <C0nB2x.HBJ@world.std.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 01:04:33 GMT
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- In article <PHILS.93Jan8135651@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> Phil Shapiro,
- phils@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu writesIn article
- >In article <wondertr.726513991@sfu.ca> wondertr@fraser.sfu.ca
- (wondertree
- >learning center) writes:
- >>
- >> my big question is does 2.0 allow one to copy the sample code out
- >>of the program...
- >
- >Yes. While THINK Ref 2.0 doesn't support arbitrary text selections, it
- >has a new menu item that copies the code examples on the current page
- >to the clipboard.
-
- My, that's intuitive!
-
- >The main reason was that supporting arbitrary selections would've
- >required a basic TextEdit engine. For speed, THINK Ref uses a simple
- >imaging model supported by DrawString or DrawText. [...] It was decided
- >that copying all source code text was an adequate solution, given our
- >constraints of memory and speed.
-
- I agree, a fast solution is best BUT...
-
- How about Nuntius' solution of copying whole lines at a time. Sure
- it's not as good as full character based selection but at least
- the users have some hope of figuring out how it works (and it's
- a darn sight more convenient too).
-
- OK, OK, it's not my program, I'll shut up. It's only a suggestion.
-
- Quinn "The Eskimo!" <quinn@cs.uwa.edu.au> "Support HAVOC!"
- Department of Computer Science, The University of Western Australia
- -- 20 - 20 program design hindsight!
-