Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 02:27:20 -0800 From: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com> To: spork <spork@super-g.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: This just in: Microsoft/Sears Merger Message-ID: <19981225022720.A19610@orcrist.mediacity.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9812221505590.16232-100000@super-g.inch.com>; from spork on Tue, Dec 22, 1998 at 03:08:19PM -0500 References: <367FBF40.19D8BEFD@mediaone.net> <Pine.BSF.4.00.9812221505590.16232-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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On Tue, Dec 22, 1998 at 03:08:19PM -0500, spork wrote: > The thing that befuddles me is that as long as I've used *nix, I've always > thought command-completion was the coolest thing. When I downloaded the > first windows version of netscape where it completes the URL field for > you, I was thrilled. This feature *still* doesn't exist in the X > versions... I feel sooo cheated. Actually, I find the URL completion to be completely annoying. I always find that the machine prefers a particular completion for any given URL, so, for example, typing "www.pobo" yields "http://www.pobox.com/~gsutter/papers/gcc.html", when that is a climatography paper that I wrote, that I hardly ever want to see. Even more annoying is how it doesn't erase what it has completed if you continue typing; as long as what you type matches its pattern, it will leave it up there. So if I complete "http://www.pobox.com/~gsutter/", then hit enter, it will still give me the gcc.html link instead of just sending me to ~gsutter. If there was an option controlling it, I would instantly turn it off. The "feature" is not worth the trouble. Greg -- Gregory S. Sutter My reality check just bounced. mailto:gsutter@pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~gsutter/ PGP DSS public key 0x40AE3052 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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