On Jul 15, 2014, at 1:50 PM, "Esteban A. Maringolo" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. ?? I'd be more than annoyed if copying the text "rm -rf *" evaluated it too... > > Esteban A. Maringolo >
