Re: [Usability] Re: [Conglomerate-devel] Undo/Redo questions

["WebShark" <webshark ono com>]

An example...

1.- Write something wrong.
2.- Write something ok.
3.- Now you see the first mistake.
4.- Copy the good writing (last)
5.- Undo all the writing.
6.- Fix the mistake.
7.- Paste the good writing again.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Murray Cumming Comneon com>
To: <dzlotnik uwaterloo ca>
Cc: <usability gnome org>
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 10:20 AM
Subject: RE: [Usability] Re: [Conglomerate-devel] Undo/Redo questions


> > From: Dan Zlotnikov
> > On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, Murray Cumming wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 16:27, Adam Olsen wrote:
> > > > Undo/Redo should be oblivious to the clipboard.  It should neither
> > > > modify what's in the clipboard, nor attempt to use what's
> > in there to
> > > > restore it's state.
> > >
> > > I agree. I often copy, undo, and paste somewhere else instead.
> >
> > I am somewhat confused. If you copy something, which shouldn't change
> > the state of the object you copie, what are you undoing?
>
> Often the writing of the thing that I copied.
>
> A very simplifed example:
> 1. Write a sentence.
> 2. Copy the sentence.
> 3. Undo the writing of the sentence.
> 4. Paste it in a better place.
>
> Obviously a cut-and-paste would be more direct in this simple example, but
I
> think there are some situations where this is easier.
>
> Murray Cumming
> murrayc usa net
> www.murrayc.com
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