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Re: tin flame

#684
From: Iain.Lea
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 14:42
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Tim Pierce (twpierce@unix.amherst.edu) wrote:
:
: Earlier this evening I compiled and installed tin 1.1 PL8 ...
: No sooner had I installed it, however, than I started
: receiving complaints from my users about key settings changing,
: specifically "t" and "T".

'T' was changed to 't' so that tagging an article would be more
consistent between tin & elm.

: There it is, listed in CHANGES, but buried in between the rest of the
: fixes in declarations and platform idiosyncrasies.

If I take the time to carefully document all the changes, why can't
you take the time to carefully read them?

: First "f" and "F" get swapped, and now this.  Does anyone actually 
: want changes like these made?

'f' <-> 'F' and 'r' <-> 'R' were changed only after I had:
1. Posted a question to news.software.readers asking for users
   opinions. The majority saw the logic in my suggestion.
2. I watched my own users for a periodand then consulted them.

Iain

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