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From: d89os@efd.lth.se ((Mr))
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Delete in File Manager + other things
Message-ID: <1991Feb27.222744.16666@lth.se>
Date: 27 Feb 91 22:27:44 GMT
References: <6667@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1991Feb26.084442.86366@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
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In article <1991Feb26.084442.86366@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au> hadgraft@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au (Hadgraft) writes:
>> I figured something was wrong, and tried to find out why.
>> Well, I figured that windows rereads the directory and redraws the directory
>> on the screen after every deletion. This increases the running time to
>> O(!n).
Yeah, abnormally stupid. There's a (kludgy) way to avoid the redraw:
Select the files you want to delete/move/whatever, minimize the directory
window, select the directory icon, choose your command.
>petition MS to sort out File Manager before version 3.1. Can I add the following
>requests:
>
>1. Do not delete directory windows just because there are no files in the
>directory.
>
>2. Can we have multiple directory tree windows (one for C:, one for D:, one for
>A: etc).
>
>3. How about a "Printer Setup" option. (This would be a lot easier than starting
>up Control Panel).

Yeah. Me too. Also I would like to be able to change filenames the Mac way
(by just clicking and typing).

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(Mr) Ola Sigurdson      Internet: d89os@efd.lth.se