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- Date: Sat, 11 Jun 1994 22:34:39 -0400 (EDT)
- From: Timothy Miller <millert@undergrad.csee.usf.edu>
- Subject: Re: Proposal v5
- To: gem-list@world.std.com
- In-Reply-To: <2df65b90249e@elfhaven.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>
- Message-Id: <Pine.3.87.9406112239.C1494-0100000@undergrad>
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- On Thu, 9 Jun 1994, Michel Forget wrote:
-
- > Hello Ofir,
- >
- > [>>Ofir, I am not sure that you understand what I meant. As written, the
- > [>>above keyboard shortcut implies that the window should be iconified if
- > [>>the key is pressed. I mean we need a key that causes any changes you
- > [>>have made to your document/whatever to be thrown away. Everyone,
- > [>>even Atari, use Control+H for this...
- > [>
- > [>I thought that's what CTRL+U was for - Close Window.
- > [>
- > [>Bye,
- > [>Ofir ogal@cix.compulink.co.uk
- >
- > No; here is an example of what "Abandon" does. Assume that I have a text
- > file on a disk. It contains the words "This is a text file.". I load
- > the text file into my editor, and change the sentence to something
- > else. I decide that I want the original back, so I press Control-H.
- > The changes are thrown away and the document is reloaded. It does
- > no close the window, iconify it, or do anything to it except restore
- > the document in it to its original form.
- >
- > --
- > Michel Forget \\ ess@tibalt.supernet.ab.ca
- > Electric Storm Software \\ mforget@elfhaven.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca
- >
-
- "Abandon" does not clearly convey this message. "Revert" would work
- better. "Abandon" to me means "Throw away what's in memory and close the
- window".
-
- AVOID AMBIGUITY!
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