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Re: Mac Interface v. "Command Line" interface debates

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From: Joel B Levin
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 1989 16:26
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In article <7859@claris.com> drc@claris.com (Dennis Cohen) writes:
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|You can overcome this and make it more like unix if you remember to select
|your response to the prompt before hitting "Enter".  Yes, I know that it is
|a kludge; however, it can get unix programs running and keep them running
|under the shell.

Or, if you are really looking for workarounds for prompting programs,
respond to the prompt with <return> response <enter> -- No mousing required.

	/JBL
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From: levin@bbn.com (Joel B Levin)
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Subject: Re: Mac Interface v. "Command Line" interface debates
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Date: 5 Jan 89 16:26:31 GMT
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