[duxhelp] Re: Behavior of undo with Replace
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:05:47 -0000
I hate "me too" replies in most internet lists, but me too!
George.
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[mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Anita
Munshi
Sent: 23 March 2006 20:18
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Subject: [duxhelp] Re: Behavior of undo with Replace
I agree with that too
Anita
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Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 3:18 PM
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Subject: [duxhelp] Re: Behavior of undo with Replace
I'd side with Joanie on this one. If I'd chosen replace
all, then the undo would undo all. But if I were stepping
through the list, I'd expect undo to only undo my last
action.
Sean
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> [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Peter
Sullivan
> Sent: March 23, 2006 2:13 PM
> To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxhelp] Re: Behavior of undo with Replace
>
>
> Joanie,
>
> Our current Undo was implemented without detailed
discussions of this
> sort.
> We worked mostly on getting it to work without
destabilizing the
> program.
> Our hope was that our beta testers would notice little
things like
> this and discuss them to build a consensus.
>
> So I'll sit back and let that happen; thanks for asking!
>
> - Peter
>
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> [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Joanmarie Diggs
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 3:06 PM
> To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxhelp] Behavior of undo with Replace
>
> Hi all. I do not know if this is by design or not, so I'm
tossing it
> out
> there:
>
> 1. Do a find and replace for an item that appears
multiple times in
> your document.
> 2. Do NOT choose All; instead, choose Yes each time so
that each
> replacement is an individual action 3. After you complete
the above
> and return to your document, press Control Z to undo.
>
> Expected behavior (in my mind): The last replacement --
and ONLY the
> last replacement -- gets undone.
> Actual behavior: Everything that was replaced gets undone
>
> The reason I expected only the last replacement to get
undone is
> because that is how Word works. I realize that this does
not mean
> that Duxbury should work this way as well, though there is
something
> to be said for familiarity/consistency. Regardless, I can
see another
> problem with the current implementation: All too often
when I do a
> find and replace, I'm a little trigger happy with the Yes
button.
> <grin> I press Yes and then immediately realize I should
have pressed
> No. At that point what I would do is escape out of the
dialog, fix --
> or with 10.6, undo -- that last replacement, and then
resume the
> find/replace. That won't work with the current
implementation.
>
> Take care.
> Joanie
>
>
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