On 21 11 2003 at 11:42 am -0500, tass wrote: >huh? More intuitive to have to make multiple key moves than to simply use >the provided keys that are marked to do just those things???? Not sure I >see any logic there.
I think it takes fewer muscles for me to press cmd-arrow than it does for me to move my right hand over to the home key. Either way, the difference is so small it is amusing to argue about. What I meant by intuitive was that using cmd-leftarrow to "go to the left" (i.e. "start of the line") makes more sense to me than "home", which either means a furnished house, or the upper right corner of a screen, or whatever. And so on. "Intuitive" is the wrong word, I know. >And it's not the "margins" that "home" and "end" are designed to take you >to. That's useless. It's the beginning or the end of the particular line of >TEXT as it has been already typed. This is completely useful. To get to >the last place I typed, or the beginning of the line I use all the time. >Margins are just limits. >Understood. But until it's explained as such, it does appear random to one >who is used to them taking you to the top and bottom of the ACTUAL page >of text, not the assumed page. What is a "page"? We are not dealing with paper here. Thus, in the context of text in a window, I find it reasonable that a "page" is a "windowful" of text, and indeed that's what gets moved when the page-up key his pressed. What kind of "page" would you like? -ben -- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca
