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From: philip@cel.cummins.com (Philip D. Pokorny)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: DM in OSF
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Date: 8 May 91 16:41:32 GMT
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I would have to agree that we need to provide better
information to HP/Apollo than 'Give us all of DM in
OSF.'  I don't think any of us believe it would happen
so it's a waste of bandwidth.  Suggestions for INPUT PAD
abilities (input editing, undo/redo, cut/paste, and simple
but powerfull text editing) would make the transition much
easier and bring new/improved funtionality to the OSF
environment.  Without DM style PADs, X appears to be a
glorified (and CPU expensive) way to get multiple CHARACTER
based sessions.  OSF is going to have a command line/shell
prompt for a long time and that means character input/output
and the DM PAD's go a long way to making this much easier.

(er..  Looking back at this message I seem to have rambled
a bit...  Apologies.)

Sincerely,
Philip D. Pokorny
:)