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From: mbb@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (martin.brilliant)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: ALED goes to the wastebasket here in Iceland
Message-ID: <1991Jun15.124052.17827@cbfsb.att.com>
Date: 15 Jun 91 12:40:52 GMT
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From article <3245@krafla.rhi.hi.is>, by einari@rhi.hi.is (Einar Indridason):
> 
> I am sorry to say it, but that tiny editor, ALED, that was posted to
> c.b.i.p some time ago, goes straight to the waste basket!!!!!
> 
> Why?  It does not allow me to type the Icelandic characters as I would
> normally!!!!

We have a large world here, and Iceland is a small country.  If we all
knew how Icelandic characters are normally entered in an Icelandic
editor, more editors would provide for the entry of Icelandic characters.

ALed provides ten macros of the form ALT-0 through ALT-9.  Evidently
that's not enough.  What would be enough?

The documentation suggested that custom versions could be provided,
and also that support would be given even if the shareware fee had not
been paid.  Instead of throwing out ALed and complaining to the net,
which can't help, it might have been better to apply to the author.

By the way, this seeming universal expression of counterproductive
disgust from Iceland gives me a poor impression of Icelandic culture.

							Marty
marty@hoqax.att.com		hoqax!marty
Martin B. Brilliant		(Winnertech Corporation)