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- From: veijalai@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Tony Veijalainen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
- Subject: Re: Sprite dragging/New Filer/Replacement ToolSprites
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.160713.5726@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 16:07:13 GMT
- References: <1992Nov12.095545.18285@aston.ac.uk>
- Organization: University of Helsinki
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- Mik Davis (davism@uhura.aston.ac.uk) wrote:
- > hum, editing filenames isn't very 'RiscOS-like' and could incurr the wrath
- > of Apple ltd.
-
- (Following is based on my experience from Arthur days to present RISC OS
- 2 days on Acorn Archimedes "A340M")
-
- I second ! A name is associated with a file and to get in renaming mode
- when try to drag from name is really annoying. How about a
- "rename/save/move as" window when single-clicking file shift press
- (analoguous to shift drag).
-
- A major lacking point in addition of tree view in Acorn filer is that it
- doesn't keep track of the size of selected files and it does not allow
- selection in multiple directories. Also very annoying is when you click
- menu over one filer window when you have one file selected in other window and
- get it used in info (not really an contradiction in previous sentence).
-
- One problematic point in RISC OS interface is the way it use adjust drag
- or click. In one place it means keep menu/window showing, in other
- context it means "make directory disapear after double click"! So mayby
- it would be appropriate to stress in documation this two adjusts: the
- drag/click one and double click one. But the adjust drag copy with
- adjust is the inconsistent one, that mayby we must live with!
-
- Hint of week: if you want to make a filer window with only bottom corner
- showing and do not use a back drop program, then you can rid of it by
- adjust draging a file on background!
-
- > Space conversion would be nice, I agree but what would the filer do on
-
- No, no, no !!! If you want space use alt-space. I'd very much like if
- names with alt-space would also be shown in double quotationmarks
- outside desktop (like in systemvariables etc)
-
- Is there BTW still problems with paths with pseudo-filesystems in them
- and are IconSprites, Obey etc now all multitasking? Are macroes finally
- truly working?
-
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- Tony Veijalainen e-Mail: Tony.Veijalainen@helsinki.fi (preferred)
- (finger veijalai@plootu.helsinki.fi for more information)
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