Re: Gnumeric undo

[Paul Barnfather <plb clanger9 demon co uk>]

Martin Hawlisch wrote:
> 
> On 24 Aug 1999, Paul Seelig wrote:
> > Hmm, if i'm not completely mistaken there is currently no undo
> > functionality in gnumeric.  This is no good thing so far...  Am i
> > overlooking the obvious again or is it just not implemented at this
> > stage of development?
> >
> >        P., currently retyping the contents of a few dozen cells
> >            after having accidently deleted their contents *8^)
> 
> Hmmm... there is an undo function in Gnumeric from the beginning. It's
> called 'Save as often you want' and is available in every application :-)
> ...but basically you are right, a real undo is missing.
> 

The best "undo" implementation I've seen is in OS/2's EPM editor, 
which had a sliding undo bar - you can move it along, and
progressively return to the original document. This is *much* better
than Excel's slightly clunky Undo/Redo, IMHO.

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