[Jprogramming] A dialogue form to view tacit sentences interactively

[bob therriault]

Hi Ric,

I agree with you that things should not be forced on the user and I  
think that an additional pair of radio buttons and a static control  
below the existing display format would not get in the way of the  
user's understanding of the way the form works. At the very least when  
they clicked these buttons they would see the results of their choice  
without doing any harm.

You did mention the usefulness of cut and paste but to be honest I  
hadn't even tried cut and paste. Of course being a multiselect you can  
cut and paste the entire display by using the shift key to select  
multiple lines. I had been wondering why the listbox was enabled but  
now I see that in addition to adding contrast to the display (it is  
not greyed out) it also allows the user to select the lines. Anyway,  
if someone else doesn't beat me to it, I'll put up a version that  
includes the choice of box drawing characters in the next couple days  
(hitting a busy stretch through the weekend)

As always, thanks to both you and Bill for your advice.

Cheers, bob


On -Apr29-2009, at -Apr29-20097:19 PM, Sherlock, Ric wrote:

>> From: bill lam
>>
>> On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, bob therriault wrote:
>>> When you say 'graphic box drawing', do you mean the Unicode
>> characters
>>> or is there another way to display the box components in an even
>>> cleaner way? Either way, I agree that the display should be made as
>>> clear as possible.
>>
>> the box drawing characters is a global parameter. You may sandwich  
>> the
>> formatting code between 9!:6 and 9!:7 to display graphic box drawing
>> without interfering existing environment.
>
> This would work as long as you leave the ucpboxdraw bit in there.
>
> I agree that the Unicode characters are much clearer, I'm not sure  
> that it is a good idea to force the use of them though. If the user  
> as chosen Ascii symbol boxing for their session there is probably a  
> good reason. Why would they want Ascii symbols in their session but  
> not in the GUI?
>
> I think you at least need to leave the option of being able to  
> specify ASCII symbol boxing. It is often useful if you want to copy  
> and paste to a forum email for example.
>
> The easiest way to do this is to make it dependent on the session  
> setting and let the user choose their desired Tools|Toggle Ascii box  
> drawing setting.
>
>
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