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Re: PLEEEEEEASE !!! add a 'confirm' option on scrap command.

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From: Dan A. Dickey
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 14:59
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In article <12JAN199311494010@yin.irisa.fr>, cedelle@yin.irisa.fr (Alain Cedelle) writes:
>  I think GB will stay of few interest until this darn scrap command be modified
> in a safer sense with something like a 'confirm' option.
> 
>  In the games i played, i always erroneously scrapped various things. It was
> all the F's on one planet since i had typed "scr Fxxxx", an other day it was
> my @, since i had a typo in the ship number.
> 
>  But this morning was among the best operation : i wanted to type "cs /Del"
> but typoed it to "sc /Del" ....
>  Result : one D ship scrapped, and lost all in the space.
> 
>  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!! pleaaaaase !
> 
> a.c


Seems to me like your brain -> fingers connection needs
a confirm option.  :-)		-Hydra
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Dan A. Dickey      ddickey@cray.com
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Subject: Re: PLEEEEEEASE !!! add a 'confirm' option on scrap command.
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