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From: dbrooks@penge.osf.org (David Brooks)
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Subject: Re:  MOTIF 1.1.0 Bug - XmText
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Date: 17 Nov 90 17:57:33 GMT
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In article <9011161714.AA06984@servio.SLC.COM> marcs@SLC.COM (Marc San Soucie) writes:
>
>I can't understand how one could get used to this. If I hit next-page a bunch
>of times, and I'm looking at text in the middle of the buffer, how am I
>supposed to start editing that text? Am I supposed to reach over, grab the
>mouse and click on the spot I want to modify? Phooey!

How else do you tell the machine precisely where your eyes are
focused?  Even if you have the right page on your 80x24 screen, the
chances are 1 in 1920 (well, you know what I mean) that the cursor is
at the right place without your moving it there explicitly.
-- 
David Brooks				dbrooks@osf.org
Systems Engineering, OSF		uunet!osf.org!dbrooks
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