Re: Unidentified subject!

[Russell Nelson <nelson crynwr com>]

Oskar Liljeblad writes:
 > Alex Achenbach (achenbac@stud.uni-frankfurt.de) came up with an idea that
 > applications should bind its commands to abstract symbols instead of "raw"
 > keys.
 > Implementing this as an API would make every application much more dynamic,
 > it would reduce code in even the most simple applications, and it would
 > bring consistency among apps in this field. Of course, every application
 > would have to provide default menus, and toolbars.

Right.  Essentially, you're talking about an operating system which is 
not Unix.  It's more like the HP-41 (actually a LOT like the HP-41).

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