From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc94896f23dccfae X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-06 06:27:37 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news-FFM2.ecrc.net!skynet.be!skynet.be!oanews!not-for-mail From: "Dave Head" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Somewhat on Topic: Word Processing Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 09:29:23 -0500 Organization: NSWCDD Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: oanews X-Trace: oanews 1046960856 26896 (6 Mar 2003 14:27:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@nswc.navy.mil NNTP-Posting-Date: 6 Mar 2003 14:27:36 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:34973 Date: 2003-03-06T14:27:36+00:00 List-Id: "Preben Randhol" wrote in message news:slrnb6dtep.li.randhol+news@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no... > Dave Head wrote: > > > > "Frank J. Lhota" wrote in message > > news:JZo9a.25710$8f7.21367@nwrdny02.gnilink.net... > >> Would WordStar have survived if it was rewritten in Ada? > > > > No. The thing that killed WordStar is having to memorize all those keyboard > > key combinations. Nobody wants to do that. Its also why EMACS hasn't taken > > over the world's programming consoles except on those owned by people with > > really, really good memories. > > Well, I actually went from Emacs to Vim which has a lot of key > combinations. For me it works. But then again I wouldn't teach my better > half to use Vim. > > However, it makes me cringe when I see people using the mouse and menu > for Copy and Paste. Oh, yeah, me too... I can't remember how I did it before Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, but I don't think I used the menu more than a few times for it. And that's something else - while I can't explain Ctrl-V, at least Ctrl-C is intuitive since it is a "copy" function - and Ctrl-C is the control key with the 1st letter of the word copy. I guess having the V right beside the C is its only saving grace. Then there's just delete to delete some highlighted text (no, I don't want to use any keystrokes to do my highlighting like in Vi, if I remember right...) and Ctrl-delete to copy it to the clipboard while also deleting it from the document. Anyway, I find bringing up a help screen much less user-friendly than activating a drop-down menu. The drop-down menu just seems to be faster, and I can get rid of it easier. It fits a paradigm learned in all the other windows apps and so I don't have to do anything special. Maybe after I retire and I have tons of time to waste on memorizing all that stuff... Dave Head > > -- > () Join the worldwide campaign to protect fundamental human rights. > '||} > {||' http://www.amnesty.org/