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- From: mforget@elfhaven.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Michel Forget)
- Subject: Re: Digest
- Date: Fri, 29 Jul 1994 01:01:26 -0600
- Precedence: bulk
-
- Hello Mark,
-
- >It mentions it now, but it's wrong! It says that it detects them
- >independently, without mentioning the reversing of the state. And it ors 0x100
- >to the mask not the number of clicks.
-
- What page is this on? I'd like to staple a copy of Even's message
- to that page so that I don't forget and make a silly mistake.
-
- >Yes, I prefer this to what someone suggested putting the ascii code or the
- >scancode here.
-
- I think the best method is done using words and printable characters.
- For example, "<cntrl>D", "<alt>downarrow" [...]
-
- > >> cut and paste from text fields
- > >
- > > This I really miss on my machine at home, after using X11 all day at
- > > work.
- >
- >LTMF does it in modal dialgues, and also any non-modal dialogues that use
- >form_keybd/objc_edit. Of course if you use your own editable fields and they
- >don't support it you can't really complain.
-
- This is the perfect argument for not replacing objc_edit()/form_keybd()
- unless you absolutely must. You can use all of the extended features
- of LTMF with MasterBrowse, or TeraDesk, and others. (Even though they
- have their own windowed dialog libraries).
-
- >A problem with that is that if you are used to new applications which have an
- >icon you will not expect the file selector to appear on older programs.
- >Actually a lot of programs only use single clicks for the file selector ATM.
-
- Rather than an icon or symbol, why not have a little note at the bottom
- of your dialog box saying "A double click on an editable field will
- access the file selector." in small text. That way the user does not
- have to know what the icon/symbol means, and the problem with the user
- not expecting older programs to have that feature will not arise.
- Just a suggestion... If space is limited in the dialog, this might not
- be workable.
-
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