Re: gmc wishlist v1.0

[mawarkus t-online de (Matthias Warkus)]

+++ Sat, Sep 04, 1999 at 01:39:55AM +0000 +++
Wally Wilson e-mails me. Film at 11. Reply right now, after the break.
> 5.  In gmc it would be nice if pressing a single key, say, the [p] key 
> would take you to the files starting with "p" in that 
> directory...

We have discussed this countless times. You can look in the mailing
list archives for reasons not to do this. The feature already exists
in the form of the Control-S isearch.

>scrolling is nice, but I'd rather use the keyboard if I 
> must suffer through these grafical interfacii. 
> 6.  Why, oh why, can we not simply right-drag an icon somewhere and 
> choose from a list of actions such as...  "symlink here, copy here, 
> move here, cancel"?  I know we do not like windose,

We should aim to make the best user interface possible, and no
irrational animosities should influence us.

mawa
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