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- From: mforget@elfhaven.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Michel Forget)
- Subject: Re: MAUS
- Date: Sun, 22 May 1994 01:50:50 -0600
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- In <memo.248344@cix.compulink.co.uk>, you write:
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- [> Yes, I agree. The action of selecting 'All' is not itself a problem - it's
- [> what could happen afterwards (e.g. a delete command deleting everything
- [> instead of the character that the user was expecting to delete). The simple
- [> solution to this is to put a warning message on the *delete* command (and
- [> any other dangerous ones) when everything is selected.
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- If this was a "verbose mode" option (ie: it could be turned off) then
- it would be good. I've never made this mistake, though, so I would
- be very annoyed if the program kept asking me questions every time
- I tried to perform a 'dangerous' block operation.
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- [> | Andre Willey | Cygnus Software Development |
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