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From:	byron@netapp.com (Byron Rakitzis)
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To:	john@civil.su.oz.au, sam-fans@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu
Subject: Re: saved replacement texts?

>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.