Number: 1056

Date:  9-May-84 13':40':11

Submitter: JonL.pa

Source: Eric Lazarus (of Ean-Tech)

Subject: TTYIN shouldn''t flash window after ^X

Lisp Version:  7-May-84 21':48':06

Description: '
A flashing of the window implies, somehow, that an error has been committed; TTYIN''s ^X command should just go to the "end", which isn''t in-and-of-itself an error.  If the type-in is completed at that point, the systems types a CR, so one can distinguish the two cases without needing a "flasher".'
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Date': 12 May 84 16':29 PDT'
From': vanMelle.pa'
Subject': Re': AR#1056': TTYIN shouldn''t flash window after ^X'
To': JonL'
cc': vanMelle.pa, LispSupport'
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Depends on your point of view.  The ^X command means "exit", and if your parens aren''t balanced you can''t exit; hence, that is an "error", if you insist.  I would be annoyed to type ^X and have it seem like it did nothing (other than move the caret towards the end, not a very conspicuous change).  Although a successful ^X does "type a CR", that is not always highly visible--only when you''re at the bottom of the window, so that scrolling is induced.'
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Thus I''ll decline this one in the absence of any more convincing argument or overwhelming user preference.'
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	Bill'
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Date': 14 May 84 18':46 PDT'
From': JonL.pa'
Subject': AR 1056 TTYIN shouldn''t flash window after ^X'
To': 1100Support.pasa'
cc': LispSupport, vanMelle, JonL.pa'
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I "submitted" this AR for Eric Lazarus of Ean-Tech (he physically came into my office with several bug reports).  Could you reply to him -- ERIC@SRI-KL -- about the status of this one, namely that it got AR number 1056, and that it was declined by the implementor of TTYIN on the grounds that the semantics of  ^X is "finish up" rather than "go to end of line".'
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-- JonL --'


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Edit-By: Sannella.PA

Edit-Date: 21-May-84 17':12':20

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Disposition: 

System: Text

Subsystem: TTYIN

Machine: 1132

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Microcode Version: 5124

Memory Size: 4096

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Difficulty: Easy

Frequency: Everytime

Impact: Minor

Priority: Perhaps

Status: Declined

Problem Type: Design - UI

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