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From: mneerach@iiic.ethz.ch (Matthias Ulrich Neeracher)
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Subject: Re: Another MPW 3.2 Shell wish...
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Date: 29 Jan 91 11:31:22 GMT
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In article <1991Jan29.165442.2851@waikato.ac.nz>, ldo@waikato.ac.nz
(Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) writes:
> And when the user executes a command (like Find)
> that would require autoscrolling to keep the selection visible,
> you simply scroll the pane that's showing a part of the file closest
> to the new selection. In other words, autoscroll the one that would
> require the least scrolling.
> 
> Comments, anyone? 

I don't think this is such a great idea. When I split windows, it's usually
because I want one pane to show a fixed part of the file (a typedef or so),
and another pane to work in.

Matthias

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Matthias Neeracher                                   mneerach@iiic.ethz.ch
   "These days, though, you have to be pretty technical before you can 
    even aspire to crudeness." -- William Gibson, _Johnny Mnemonic_