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From: david@wubios.wustl.edu (David J. Camp)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Elm 2.2 miscellany
Message-ID: <446@wubios.wustl.edu>
Date: 17 Apr 89 23:00:16 GMT
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In article <14550@sequent.UUCP> petebob@beta532.UUCP (Pete Apple) writes:
:In article <467@mjbtn.MFEE.TN.US> root@mjbtn.MFEE.TN.US (Mark J. Bailey) writes:
:>
:>There is.  They have changed the 'q'uit from old Elm to 'q' for normal
:>quit and 'Q' for "Quick" quit.  The quick quit simply exits Elm according
:>to your default asking options in ./.elm/elmrc.  Some may find it 
:>cumbersome to have to hit SHIFT-Q to exit that way, but it can be gotten
:>used to.  
:>
:
:	Could someone who's on the development team provide the reason behind
:this change?  I don't really understand it, and don't understand why the old
:method of an option in the .elmrc was any worse.  (In fact, I felt it better.)
:True, I've already gotten used to it, but it is more cumbersome, and doesn't
:seem to provide any additional benefit.  Thanks.
:
Personally, I think the new way makes great sense.  Think about what it
used to require to change your mind about prompting.  You had to exit
elm, edit the ~/.elm/elmrc file, reenter elm and then take advantage of
the new option.  Now you can change your mind with two keystrokes.  I am
for keeping it the new way.
-David-

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