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- From: tinglett+@rchland.ibm.com (Todd Inglett)
- Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.andrew
- Subject: Re: message line bogosity
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- Date: 26 Aug 92 20:32:13 GMT
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- Excerpts from ext.misc.info-andrew: 26-Aug-92 Re: messageline bogosity
- Adam Stoller@RCHGATE.rch (1472+0)
-
- > The only thing I can see that would be an improvement - is if
- > the(vertical) size of the message-line were able to change on the fly -
- > dependantupon the length of the message being displayed - and then
- > automaticallydecrease in size again afterwards (heuristic needed)
-
- I give this my vote for long messages. This really shouldn't be
- toodifficult--all you need to know is whether the message line is tall
- because ofa long message, or because the user stretched it. When the
- next message isdisplayed, it could shrink as long as it wasn't
- stretched. In fact, I wouldprefer a keybinding that would ``reset'' it
- back to one line so I can stretchit at will without having to mess with
- it to put it back ``just right.'' Infact, this really means that the
- message line could customized for height (#of lines) so a user could
- have it 0 lines tall and it would stretch up anddown as the message
- line displays and is cleared. I'd personally think thatbehavior would
- be annoying, but screen-space lovers would probably like it.
-
- I also would like a history (let 'em customize it like in typescript),
- historyrecall and completion (again, like in typescript). I can dream,
- can't I?
-
- -todd inglett
-