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- From: davism@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Mik Davis)
- Subject: Re: Sprite dragging/New Filer/Replacement ToolSprites
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.095545.18285@aston.ac.uk>
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- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 09:55:45 GMT
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- MJW19@phx.cam.ac.uk (Michael Williams) writes:
- : Being able to rename a file by editing the filename a la Macintosh would be
- : nice too, oh, and how about using a saveas dialogue to move files in the same
- : way as you can to copy? Finally, a "nice" feature would be if it could allow
- : spaces in filenames (on renaming, copying etc.) and convert them to hard spaces
- : in the software before telling FileSwitch what to do.
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- hum, editing filenames isn't very 'RiscOS-like' and could incurr the wrath
- of Apple ltd.
- A move option on the menu is reasonable but it isn't THAT hard to hold down
- SHIFT is it?
- Space conversion would be nice, I agree but what would the filer do on
- reading the filename back...does it leave the hard spaces in or does it
- convert them back to soft ones. I get the impression that this could confuse
- some apps (and possibly some users) if they specify the fie in one way and it
- ends up with a slightly different name. Having said that, I can't think of
- any specific examples..
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