Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1a 12/4/83; site rlgvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!mcnc!akgua!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!guy From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: net.unix,net.lang.c Subject: Re: 'exit(1);' considered useless (a branch off this topic) Message-ID: <1675@rlgvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Feb-84 01:11:38 EST Article-I.D.: rlgvax.1675 Posted: Tue Feb 7 01:11:38 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Feb-84 23:07:19 EST References: <957@proper.UUCP>, <232@hou3c.UUCP> <968@proper.UUCP> <934@cbosgd.UUCP> Organization: CCI Office Systems Group, Reston, VA Lines: 13 Mark's mentioning that naive users sometimes try to edit a file by typing its name is interesting, considering that that sort of "syntax" is exactly what "desktop shells" like the Xerox Star's and the Apple MacIntosh and Lisa's "top-level shell" provide; to edit a file, just point to it, select it, and open it. (After someone ranked on the MacIntosh in net.micro, I went downstairs and played with our Lisa a bit. It turns out that after you've gotten the hang of it after quite a short while, it's easy *and fast* to perform certain manipulations - selecting and opening, closing, deleting, etc. - and you are a lot less likely to make "typographical errors" since you aren't typing anything, which also helps speed things up.) Guy Harris {seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy