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From: ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: MPW 3.2 Shell comments
Message-ID: <1991Jun10.191256.3929@waikato.ac.nz>
Date: 10 Jun 91 07:12:56 GMT
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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The MPW 3.2 Shell has been released, on the System 7.0 "Golden Master" CD.
Naturally I upgraded straight off from 3.2b12. Here are some impressions
from a couple of days of use.

First the pluses:

Text entry is noticeably faster--back up to 3.1 speeds, in fact!
Even scrolling in 8-bit mode seems faster on my vintage II.

Extending the selection using shift and the arrow keys now correctly
autoscrolls in both directions. *And* when you reverse direction and
try to reduce the selection, it doesn't suddenly start extending it from
the other end. Bravo!

Command-shift-left- and right-arrows now extend the selection to
the beginning and end of the line respectively. At last!

Context switching under MultiFinder is noticeably quicker. I guess
it must be doing less in between each call to WaitNextEvent. Nice.

Now the minus:

In the beta versions of 3.2, I could use the "Clear" key on the
numeric keypad to delete the character following the insertion
point. The release 3.2 no longer supports this, and the release
notes make it clear that this only works with the extra "Delete" key
on the extended keyboards. For shame! I don't have an extended keyboard,
and don't see the need to pay for function keys just to get this
capability. Is there any patch I can apply to get this feature back?

Lawrence D'Oliveiro                       fone: +64-71-562-889
Computer Services Dept                     fax: +64-71-384-066
University of Waikato            electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz
Hamilton, New Zealand    37^ 47' 26" S, 175^ 19' 7" E, GMT+12:00
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