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Article #930Re: A real-world user interface example (was: Re: replacing the desktop ...)
From: Chuck Musciano
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1989 19:49
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1989 19:49
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In article <5317@pdn.UUCP> reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach) writes:
> 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.
Win Strickland, a Georgia Tech grad student, did his master's thesis
in the '82-'83 time frame on just such error correction. It would analyze
typing errors due to erroneous keystrokes, rather than misspelling. It was
called a "backstop", and you would place it as the last element of your
path. The Ga Tech Software Tools shell ("swt", for those who might care)
would let you put a command as the last element of your path, which made such
a backstop possible. I wish my Unix shell would allow such things, I would
write my own backstop.
Chuck Musciano
Advanced Technology Department
Harris Corporation
(407) 727-6131
ARPA: chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!ucsd!sdcsvax!trantor.harris-atd.com!melmac!chuck From: chuck@melmac.harris-atd.com (Chuck Musciano) Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng Subject: Re: A real-world user interface example (was: Re: replacing the desktop ...) Message-ID: <1440@trantor.harris-atd.com> Date: 16 Jan 89 19:49:37 GMT References: <1989Jan5.224743.8165@mntgfx.mentor.com> <3500003@hpindda.HP.COM> <5317@pdn.UUCP> Sender: news@trantor.harris-atd.com Reply-To: chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com (Chuck Musciano) Organization: Advanced Technology Dept., Harris Corp., Melbourne, Fl. Lines: 20