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- From: tommc@hpcvusc.cv.hp.com (Tom McFarland)
- Subject: Re: Vuepad bug/feature. Was: Wanted: simple editor
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.150555.16348@hpcvusn.cv.hp.com>
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- References: <1992Nov19.200445.13978@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz> <1992Nov20.033119.11359@hpcvusn.cv.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 15:05:55 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.033119.11359@hpcvusn.cv.hp.com>, harry@cv.hp.com (Harry Phinney) writes:
- |> nholford@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Nick Holford) writes:
- |>
- |> : In a similar vein - if I mark a block of test to move it using the
- |> : keyboard (Shift-down arrow then Shift-Del) I must then move the
- |> : ^cursor with the mouse to mark the destination point. Moving the i-bar
- |> : with the keyboard is no good because the i-bar and ^ cursor do not stay
- |> : in sync.
- |>
- |> It's a bug (IMO, and that counts here), but one that is very difficult
- |> to fix while utilizing the Motif 1.1 Text Widget (on top of which vuepad
- |> is built). When/if vuepad migrates to Motif 1.2, this bug should
- |> disappear. The whole concept of the "^" cursor is, in my opinion,
- |> broken and thankfully it will go away eventually.
-
- It's gone as of Motif 1.2. The destination location (formerly identified
- by the "^" cursor) is now always co-located with the i-beam cursor. The
- "^" cursor graphic was removed from both Text and TextField widgets in
- 1.2.
-
- |> Harry Phinney harry@hp-pcd.cv.hp.com
-
- Tom McFarland
- <tommc@cv.hp.com>
-