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Minutes of Database Applications Group June 29, 1982

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Inter-Office Memorandum

ToDatabase Interest GroupDateJuly 12, 1982

FromJim DonahueLocationPalo Alto

SubjectMinutes of Database ApplicationsOrganizationCSL

Group meeting, June 29, 1982

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Filed on: [Indigo]<Squirrel>Doc>6-29-82.minutes

Attendees: Rick Cattell, Jim Donahue, John Maxwell, Willie-Sue Haugeland

The meeting was a discussion of a proposal to adopt a uniform interpretation of the mouse buttons when performing selections on database entities. The proposal was

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click selectopenextend (contiguous)
(smallest possible)

shift-click "paste text" "extend
(non-contiguous)"

ctrl-click delete (if implemented)

multiple "bigger selection"
clicks

Anything in quotes is "application dependent" -- there is no fixed interpretation, but each application should do what is most reasonable for it. And, any holes can be dealt with as seems reasonable.

There were no objections from the collected throng.