2014-07-15 17:30 GMT-03:00 Nicolas Cellier <[email protected]>: > 2014-07-15 20:27 GMT+02:00 Esteban A. Maringolo <[email protected]>: > >> I find the "... it" suffix obsolete. "Delete it", "Do it", "Print it", >> etc. >> >> Maybe it made sense in the past, but today it feels weird. >> There is no "Cut it", "Paste it", etc... nor similar in other software. >> IMO, if the menu is contextual, the context already applies the "it" >> (subject).
> Did you notice "it" is only mentionned when you will evaluate (do it / print > it / debug it / ... )? > Otherwise, if it's just text editing there is no it. > So there is a sort of logic. IMO that makes sense, because evaluating is a > special action. I did notice. And I believe the "print-it", "do-it" and similar are there because of historical reasons I don't know, but were carried over without questioning it, maybe since ST-80 . :) Why make a distinction between copying text and evaluating/profiling/debugging it? I only saw this in Smalltalk. Esteban A. Maringolo
