Re: ShadowWrite 1.2 ideas

[taob@r-node.hub.org (Brian Tao)]

In article <1993May1.224652.15571@bernina.ethz.ch>, Horstmann, Andre writes...
> 
> I guess the Hierarchic init does not support window menu bars.

    I'm not sure... I recall using it with the WriteIt! NDA without any
problems (and it has a window menu bar).

> >     But this deletes *all* CR's and that's not the same as "Paragraph
> > Format".  Lines which start with a space or other non-alphanumeric
> > character mark the start of a new paragraph (and thus the preceding CR
> > should not be deleted).
> 
> Do you really need this? :)

    Yep... this is very handy for printing out press releases or other
messages captured off a BBS.  Newsletter editors also prefer to have
submissions in paragraph format.  ;-)  With SW, I can load in the
captured text, paragraph-format it and apply the correct fonts, sizes
and styles for publication all in one shot.

> I know, but I think it's easier to press option-{,[ for beautiful quotes than
> always toggling one preference. No?

    No, why?  If you use curly quotes most of the time, it's easier just
to set the preference and hit " or ' and let SW figure out if it should
be an open or close quote.  Why would someone "always toggle the
preference"?

> No, I simply change the coordinates of the upper left corner of the dialog.
> Templates use a lot of space, that's why I didn't want to define two.

    Hmmm, oh well then.  How much is "a lot of space"?  5K?  Peanuts.  :)

> Ok, maybe I add an "Append" checkbox to the open dialog.

    Ah, I knew you'd see it my way eventually... ;-)
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