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From: Lawson.English@p88.f15.n300.z1.fidonet.org (Lawson English)
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Subject: Re: Disabling menus when DA's are closed
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Date: 11 Mar 91 18:16:27 GMT
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Why not allow the Edit menu to be active when your none of your windows are
open (at least I think that's what you said you were NOT doing)? If the user
wants to edit something that doesn't exist, well, let him. You should only be
concerned with the cases where the user might be confused: if there is no window
open, there is nothing there to edit, and even the most naive user wouldn't
be confused when nothing happens when he selects "Paste," that way, your need
to activate/deactivate the menu has been simplified.


Lawson
 

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