Richard- Saturday, May 14, 2005, 10:22:53 AM, you wrote:
RG> As for CURSOR itself, while it's commonly used for "CURrent Selection Of RG> Records" it predates GUIs and has been in conflict with more general RG> usage to refer to the pointer ever since. OTOH anyone who does any serious work with databases is familiar with the term "cursor" as meaning a very specific notion. Trying to think it away won't work. Yes, cursor is also that flashing thing on your screen, but a mouse is also a four-footed rodent. And a screen is something that goes on your window. No, a real window, with panes. Oh, never mind. -- -Mark Wieder [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
