On Saturday, June 30, 2001, 5:55:24 AM, you wrote:
MAC>> Hmmm, maybe, but if so I'd have to add that the pardigms used by
MAC>> TB! in this case are also not those of Steve Jobs or Linus
MAC>> Torvalds, as the EOL/EOF cursor positioning I descrbied is also
MAC>> "standard" for Macintosh and all the GUI enhancements for Linus,
MAC>> and any other Unix I've seen, for that matter. TB!'s approach is
MAC>> not totally unique, but _extremely_ unusual, from what I've
MAC>> seen. And very awkward, to me, at least.
MDP> Let's try to get this a bit more logical.
MDP> TB uses the paradigm originally introduced by WordStar - a very early
MDP> word processor - and carried forward into Borland's "SideKick" product
MDP> and the source code editors for all Borland IDEs (and many other
MDP> besides). It is known as a "free" or "floating" caret interface and is
MDP> widely used, but not usually employed in bare text editors or word
MDP> processors.
MDP> Its primary purpose is to support point, click and type usage. There's
MDP> no other way to do that. Yes, it could be made optional for those
MDP> experiencing culture shock but, once you know its there and have got a
MDP> little used to it *boy* would you miss it if it were removed!
Well, now you're dredging up some ancient memories! I think you may
have hit upon the real reason this editing method, and one which I'd
totally forgotten, annoys me so much. I used WordStar when it was the
only editor available on some of the micros I used in the early 80's
when I was primarily a mainframe programmer - and despised every
minute of it. Different strokes, as they say. I'd still appreciate an
option to make TB!'s editing approach a little more "mainstream" (no
offense intended).
At any rate, there's enough stuff I really like about TB! that I can
live with the stuff I don't. So, as I said, I'll spend a little more
time trying to get used to it - I just wish you hadn't reminded me of
WordStar... ;>)
Mark Chalkley
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