Re: Proterm 3.1 and a Microcom 14.4 modem

[jeffr@bnr.ca (Jeffrey Robertson)]

In article <01bbcb0f$fad176c0$e0f30c26@tomz>,
Tom Zuchowski <tjz@mindspring.com> wrote:
>I'm amazed to see you bad-mouth PT's editor and scrollback.
>
>Jeffrey Robertson <jeffr@bnr.ca> wrote in article
>> (I'm not wild about the editor/scrollback interfaces, but
>> that's another post.  

So I guess this is that post.  :-)

I hardly think saying I'm not wild about it is "bad-mouthing"
it, but now I'll be a little more specific.  First, the
qualifier that I haven't tried to use it too much.

Basically, selecting text is hard to do.  I was trying to
select part of the Scrollback buffer to copy to the editor,
and it was next to impossible.  I wound up copying the whole
thing, and using the editor to delete the stuff I didn't want.

The only keyboard based editor I use is VI.  I don't use
Appleworks at all.  Of course, PT3 doesn't use VI commands
either.  Knowing that I couldn't (intuitively) use the
keyboard commands, I tried to use the mouse.  The mouse
does NOT follow the standard conventions for selecting
text.  (eg, double click to select word, triple for line,
shift-drag to select a range)

I can forgive their noncompliance to the AW standard, partially
because I don't know it and partially because it isn't a
real standard - just common among A2.  But the mouse
conventions are worldwide.  Since the PT3 manual explicitly
cites the Apple Human Interface guidelines on refering to
the Command/Option keys, I can't forgive them for not
following this convention.


I'll admit my original post didn't explain my dissatisfaction,
but I trust you'll agree now that I have a valid criticism.

Cheers,
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