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Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
From: "Dennis Moran" <coolio AT coolio9 DOT com>
Subject: Re: text selection in RHIDE
Message-ID: <01bc16c5$8f7f8a40$590520ce@d-moran>
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 1997 20:17:38 GMT
References: <32fe08ad DOT 60423919 AT news DOT mcgill DOT ca>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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<Jonathan Addleman <jaddle AT po-box DOT mcgill DOT ca> wrote in article 
<32fe08ad DOT 60423919 AT news DOT mcgill DOT ca>...
> 	Would it be possible to have the text selection work more like
> most text programs, i.e. after selecting the text, almost ANYTHING
> will deselect it. I assume that some other programs (I know of the
> Borland IDEs) use this method, but I for one am used to the other.
> Does anyone else feel the way I do, or is it just that I haven't grown
> the appreciate the merits of this system? (you'll  find out when
> you're older... :)   )
> 
> 

That's my only complaint too, the text selecting is weird. Also, I think
highlighting text and hitting delete should delete it, instead of using
control+delete.


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Dennis Moran (aka Coolio)
coolio AT coolio9 DOT com
http://coolio9.com/

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