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- Subject: Re: REOPEN / REVERT
- Date: Mon, 27 Jun 1994 09:39:20 +1000
- From: Warwick Allison <warwick@cs.uq.oz.au>
- Precedence: bulk
-
- Vincent.Lefevre@lip.ens-lyon.fr wrote:
- >
- >If you abandon the text and reload the last version, it is REOPEN.
- >REVERT means that you cancel all the changes (since the last OPEN/SAVE in
- >the window); and you don't load anything.
-
- We are reverting the window to its previous state, not the file (the file
- hasn't changed).
-
-
- REOPEN = Open again
- REVERT = Return to previous state
- CANCEL = Pretend I never started this window
- ABANDON = Lose work (same effect as cancel)
- CLOSE = Make the window go away (doesn't say save or lose - app asks user)
-
- There is no ambiguity. Please, ask a local english expert.
-
- Here's an example against `Abandon' being used for Revert:
-
- The dog was abandoned on the road.
-
- This means the owners dumped their pet... but it doesn't imply they then went
- and got a new one.
-
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- --
- Warwick
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