On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 12:33:16PM +1000, Allan Rae wrote:
> So, should the selection remain a selection or just remain
> highlighted? For example suppose said user presses the spacebar
> should the selection be replaced a space or should a space be inserted
> where ever the cursor was? And what would happen to the highlight in
> such a case?
A more difficult question, but I would favour unsurprising behaviour. That means
that what looks like a selection is a selection (one reason that I think
having to ctrl-c something before pasting into an xterm is weird).
> Hopefully, it will just be a matter of finding some other place in the
> code to do a deselection. But the $64000 question is: Where?
this same expensive question occurs after making any selection, I don't see
the difference.
> > [1] by a user, I mean me, and possibly others
>
> I'd have thought our users would have an attention span considerably
> longer than that of a goldfish.
I'm talking about sub-conscious process here; barely noticable and enough to
cause a slight cognitive dissonance. Using c&p in lyx always leaves me feeling
a little odd.
Or just think about multi-tasking over several different screens; I do it regularly.
regards
john
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"If the software that a company produces isn't reliable, adding a bunch of
'Mother, may I' rules to the language and the code won't fix it."
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