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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Adding history to Rio's windows
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 01:01:20 -0400
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I think " and "" are easier to use, especially since you
can quickly specify which command you want.  Also, if you
don't use the prompt, how do you tell user input to
the shell from input to another program?  I quite like
the blur actually: I make lists of commands prefixed
with g% and cat them in windows to ``seed'' the behavior
of " and "".

There seem to be good arguments that five is
about the most number of things that is comfortable
on a menu.  For more see the bottom of p. 7 of
http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/doc/88/1-07.ps.gz.
I have a hard time finding things quickly in the button 2
menu now that "plumb" makes six items.
Hiding windows makes the same thing happen on the
button 3 menu.  For a good time, try navigating a >200
page PDF file using page's button 3 menu.

Russ