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In article <832@rtbrain.rightbrain.com> glenn@rightbrain.com writes:
>We lobbied NeXT for months to upgrade the Text object so we wouldn't have
>to re-invent the wheel again for PasteUp, but it isn't going to get
>improved until at least 4.0.

The Text object suits the needs of most tasks which don't need or require any
sort of fancy layout capabilities and save a lot of work for a lot of people.
When/if they have the time and resources to write a better Text object, more
power to them, but IMO they have a lot better things to do.

If/when the new Text object comes out, it's STILL going to be useless for
me at the heart of one of my programs.  Scott Hess rewrote the Text object
for his terminal emulator, and so will I, because nothing they come up
with that offers the kind of features you want will have the SPEED I need.

How many people use Stuart or Terminal vs DTP applications right now? I'd
make a guess that providing a super fast text object for terminal emulators
is their highest priority right now :)

seeya,
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