> From: Peter Haworth
> 
> On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 2:47 PM, J. Landman Gay 
> <jac...@hyperactivesw.com>wrote:
> 
> > Lines are easier to grok:
> >
> > This is line 1 <cr> -- cr is part of line 1
> > This is line 2 <cr> -- cr is part of line 2
> > This is line 3 <cr> -- cr is part of line 3
> >
> 
> Yeah but if you put that text into a scrolling field then put 
> the number
> lines of the field, you get 3 (which is correct according to 
> your analogy),
> but I can click on line 4 of the field.
> 
> You can argue one way or the other if it's consistent or not (and many
> people have), but it's definitely confusing to LC newcomers.

I pointed that out about fifty messages back. ;-)

I wonder if anyone actually relies on that ability. If not, perhaps THAT
should be changed, since it appears to be the one glaring inconsistency that
can't be resolved by "looking at things differently".

-- 

Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pdero...@ix.netcom.com 


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