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- From: ahersee@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Andrew Hersee)
- Subject: Re: Sprite dragging/New Filer/Replacement ToolSprites
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.112816.7018@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>
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- Organization: Department of Computer Science, Warwick University, England
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 11:28:16 GMT
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- davism@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Mik Davis) writes:
- >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.
- >
- > 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?
-
- I am not sure as to why you think it is not 'RiscOS-like' as the only place
- it could occure would be in the filer as there is no where else you find a
- directory viewer. Ok editing text in draw pops up a window but other apps
- allow you to alter the text on screen. Anyway if we implemented hot keys
- you could click say Ctrl-R and a window could be popped up for rename
- like the one off the menu.
-
- I doubt if it would offend Apple as the Sun File Manager does it as well!
-
- Hardspaces - Yes an idea I had not thought about :-)
-
- Andrew Hersee
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