[BUG] Exchange command broken in 3.7-5868

Dan Ingalls Dan at SqueakLand.org
Sat Apr 3 18:26:12 UTC 2004


> > This is one of the most useful commands in the editor -- it allows
>> you to move a selection or exchange two selections quicker than
>> any other system I know.
>
>Actually that's one of the editor commands that drive me nuts - I find it to
>work totally unexpected. When I first ran into it I expected it (and still
>expect it ;-) to work like this:
>
>* You select the first word, cut it out
>* You select the second word, *exchange* it with the clipboard
>* You click in the place where the first word was, paste it
>
>The trouble with the way cmd-e works is that any random click will screw you
>up and that two words appear at the same time in different places isn't
>helpful either for me.

So, you're objection is that you can't use it the wrong way?

It's three less gestures than your list.

	- Dan



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