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From: tomg@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Thomas J. Gilg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: DM in OSF
Message-ID: <101020047@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com>
Date: 20 May 91 23:46:01 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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> I admit to only passing knowledge of the use of the DM, so bear with me for
> one tyro question. Could you explain what editing features you'd like that
> you can't get with ksh in an xterm or hpterm window with a good cut-buffer
> manager?

     o A consistent editing-model across the entire user interface.

     o Multi-page cut and paste with Mark/Copy Mark/Cut.

     o Consistent backscroll and side-to-side panning for text and to
       a certain degree graphics.

Thomas Gilg
tomg@cv.hp.com