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Article #921Re: A real-world user interface example (was: Re: replacing the desktop ...)
From: George W. Leach
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1989 12:19
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1989 12:19
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In article <3500003@hpindda.HP.COM> kmont@hpindda.HP.COM (Kevin Montgomery) writes:
>> In my mind one of the few things lacking in this scheme is a set of rules
>> for trying to find a command by what the user has typed in, even if
>> incorrectly. We checked into this (using Soundex or something similar),
>
>there are algorithms to do this- it's not too hard when you consider that
>you just have to find the most-alike command to what the user entered.
>And you have a list of the commands. As I recall, in one of Sahni's
>intro CS (or algorithm analysis) books he gave an algorithm that would
>find the best word match (even allowing 'dipley' to match 'display' if
>no closer matches exist). You're right, though- is a bit of overkill.
8th Edition UNIX would try to correct eroniously typed path strings.
I forget if it would handle commands or not? Confirmation was utilized, if
I remember correctly. And it did not appear to cause much noticable delay
in responce time.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!pdn!reggie From: reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach) Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng Subject: Re: A real-world user interface example (was: Re: replacing the desktop ...) Message-ID: <5317@pdn.UUCP> Date: 11 Jan 89 12:19:51 GMT References: <1989Jan5.224743.8165@mntgfx.mentor.com> <3500003@hpindda.HP.COM> Reply-To: reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach) Organization: Paradyne Corporation, Largo FL Lines: 29