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From: hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au (Roger Hadgraft)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Some complaints about Windows (3.0) - any solutions?
Message-ID: <27586.266e6be5@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 7 Jun 90 04:59:49 GMT
References: <266AD90F.8969@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>
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Organization: Civil Engineering, Monash University, Australia
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In article <266AD90F.8969@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>, riehm@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Carl Riehm) writes:
>  I like the new Windows, but there are a couple of things that bother me.
> Perhaps they can be changed - if so please let me know.
>
> 1.  Whenever I use the notepad, the default file specification is *.txt instead
> of *.* (which I would prefer...).  Can this be changed?  It's a nuisance to
> always have to change it.

I simply used PC-WRite to replace the 3 occurrences of TXT that I could find
with *
>
> 2. When one uses the clipboard, a carriage return and line feed is added to
> the end of what is copied.  This is also a nuisance; for example when I send
> email, I often copy the address with the clipboard; when I then use it in our
> mailer, I have to edit it by adding in%" at the beginning and " at the end.
> But if a carriage return is appended, I don't get a chance to do it.  Any
> suggestions?

This used to happen with Win2 sometimes. I haven't noticed it with Win3.
>
> 3.  Is there any way to configure Windows so that on starting up, the File
> Manager occupies one half of the screen, and the Program Manager the other?
> Why on earth were not the functions of the two integrated into one utility?

Wait for Command Post 7.0, I suspect.
>
> 4. In copying from one directory to another, I first get one of the
> directories on the screen using the directory tree, move it over to the other
>  side
> (after possibly resizing it), then get the  other directory....   Wouldn't it
> be nice if the 2 directories decided on their own to share the screen
> without any intervention from me?

Sure would be nice.

The biggest flaw I can see is that the Program Group Items in Program Manager
don't have an associated directory. There are tricks for starting an application
in a different directory, but they're not very satisfactory. I've resorted to
using the Macro recorder to do it for me.
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Roger Hadgraft                  |  hadgraft@civeng.monash.edu.au
Lecturer in Civil Engineering   |  phone:  +61 3 565 4983
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