On 11/18/2000 12:00 AM, "Michael W. Wellman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> No you don't! Just select the subject and tap Cmd-H. It will jump to the
>>> next occurrence of the phrase you've selected.
>>
>> That's great! I didn't know that. It's not in the Edit menu. Is this another
>> system-wide combo that doesn't have to be implemented by an app to work?
>
> No, each application has to implement it; however, it used to be implemented
> in MPW (aka the Macintosh Programmers Workshop) and everyone used to program
> in MPW. Every subsequent development environment has included it.
>
>
> Thus, danged near everybody implemented in their applications because it's
> so danged useful.
>
> mikel
>
> PS: Of course, it's tied to cmd-H because cmd-F was *F*ind, cmd-G was one
> key over and got Find a*G*ain, so one more key over got Find *H*ilited Text.
> Fortunately, all good programmers are good at rationalizing naming
> conventions after reality has already been determined; otherwise it might be
> nonsensical. ;-)
Of course, this will all change on Mac OS X, since Apple has stolen cmd-H to
be Hide Application.
Dan
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