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- From: CDLatham@cen.ex.ac.uk (C.D.Latham)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
- Subject: Re: DragASprite / Modified filer.
- Message-ID: <BxJuvw.96I@cen.ex.ac.uk>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 11:35:55 GMT
- References: <1992Nov6.214741.5081@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>
- <1992Nov7.004421.4770@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
- <1992Nov10.175107.2501@abekrd.co.uk>
- Sender: CDLatham@cen.ex.ac.uk
- Organization: Computer Unit. - University of Exeter. UK
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- In-Reply-To: garyb@abekrd.co.uk's message of 10 Nov 92 17:51:07 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov10.175107.2501@abekrd.co.uk> garyb@abekrd.co.uk (Gary Bartlett) writes:
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- I can see how multiple file drags might look silly if they weren't done
- well. But what about the following scheme: create a sprite
- representing the multiple files under the pointer and solid-drag that,
- [ ... ]
-
- Hate to tell you chaps with this wonderful new idea, but I pointed out that
- the Sun Openwindows file manager does this and maybe it could be done for
- the RISC OS 3 filer many months ago on comp.sys.acorn. (8-) Nobody took
- any notice at the time so why is everybody so excited about it now?
- --Christopher.
-