SHOW (SHOWFILE) is nearly of age to vote, but I fondly recall passionate
design discussions we had on whether a page scroll should have a whole
new set of lines, or whether the bottom (top) line of the display should
move to the top (bottom). We went with the latter to keep it like
Xedit, but often I have wished for a switch to allow user choice.
Unfortunately, Mike and I were discussing so loudly, we didn't think of
this nice "compromise". ;-)
cheers, wayne
Jim Bohnsack wrote, in part, on 11/29/2005 8:24 AM:
This falls in the realm of a "religious" argument. 25 years ago, I
heard the same arguments in IBM. I also remember discussions on:
EDGAR vs. XEDIT
EXEC2 vs. REXX
ISPF vs. CMS
SPF editor vs. XEDIT
right-left scrolling of a window (should the outside frame go right or
left or the inside content go right or left)
PFK 4/5 vs. PFK 8/7 (or was it 7/8--no it was 8/7)
the REXX function CENTRE vs CENTER (Mike solved it by giving us both)
