From: byron@netapp.com (Byron Rakitzis)
To: john@civil.su.oz.au, sam-fans@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu
Subject: Re: saved replacement texts?
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 22:19:58 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9211240319.AA07803@netapp.netapp.com> (raw)
>This suggestion, I am afraid, is just plain stupid, emacs or no.
Oh, come off your high-horse. Emacs has a command-line which is
separate from the current window. Obviously Scott was not talking
about replacing the command window with the new file.
>Pike did an excellent job designing the sam interface.
I agree. But I don't think he achieved perfection, nor do I think
that suggestions for improvement are inappropriate.
>The single click to place the usual edit window is just what you want.
I'm sorry, maybe it's what you want, but it's not what I want.
>Sometimes, you want to put the command window in the middle of the top-level
>window, and have edit windows above and below.
Yes, about 1% of the time. Does it make sense to have the user interface
revolve around this remote possibility?
>It's not broken and doesn't need any fixing.
Obviously a matter of opinion.
I would prefer either of two options:
1) automatic placement
2) non-placement, i.e., leaving the files in the menu with a minus-sign.
(this makes opening the file into a two-click operation, assuming that
sam points the "lasthit" of the menu at the newly opened file)
In both cases, it means that I don't have to automatically reach for
the mouse after typing B. (though I prefer solution #1)
For example, I often want to make a quick change to a file with commands
of the form
B file
cmd
D
at *least* as often as I want to tile or otherwise futz with the sam
layers.
next reply other threads:[~1992-11-24 3:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1992-11-24 3:19 Byron Rakitzis [this message]
1992-11-24 4:02 ` John Mackin
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1992-11-24 5:18 Byron Rakitzis
1992-11-24 3:05 Byron Rakitzis
1992-11-23 23:31 Arnold Robbins
1992-11-23 22:03 Byron Rakitzis
1992-11-24 0:16 ` Scott Schwartz
1992-11-24 2:02 ` noel
1992-11-24 2:11 ` Chris Siebenmann
1992-11-24 2:41 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
1992-11-24 2:46 ` Scott Schwartz
1992-11-24 2:41 ` Scott Schwartz
1992-11-24 2:47 ` John Mackin
1992-11-24 3:10 ` Scott Schwartz
1992-11-23 21:51 Arnold Robbins
1992-11-23 21:53 ` noel
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