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From: jleonard@pica.army.mil
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Wildcards in the CLI
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Date: 13 May 91 17:43:13 GMT
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Dana B Bourgeois <FelineGrace@cup.portal.com> <42198@cup.portal.com> writes:

>You like <name-of-editor>?  Why?  It's so totally Brain-Dead!
>'<ASCII character>' is a stupid choice for a wild-card!
>Wildcard expansion belongs in the <program/shell/other - choose 1>
><name of OS> is lousy!  <different OS name> is much better!

>>In article <1623@tronsbox.xei.com> bleys@tronsbox.xei.com (Bill Cavanaugh) writes:
>>[Ease of typing <ASCII character> vs. <ASCII characters>...]
>>Think of us <generic group> who have to hit <button> with <digit>
>>and reach up to the <button> with <digit> for 
>><ASCII characters>[0], then have to reach down and hit <button> with 
>><digit> and hit <button> with <digit> for
>><ASCII characters>[1].  Now do you see why hitting <key stroke sequence> for
>><ASCII character> is so much easier?

considerable unpoetic license taken by yours truly ;);)

>Dana Bourgeois @ cup.portal.com

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