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Andy Armstrong
Date:
August 7, 2008 12:50
Subject:
Re: random thought regarding the discussion of the formatting of ascii-art
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291F9E8B-8B46-43AD-943B-A4524E81167B@hexten.net
On 7 Aug 2008, at 19:43, Eric Wilhelm wrote:
>> Please don't take focus away from the window I'm working in.  Please
>> don't cover up any of the many windows I've carefully arranged so  
>> that
>> I can see everything I need.
>
> I would say it only appears if the tests failed.  I would prefer  
> that to
> take focus rather than needing to go activate it.  Would you rather
> scrollback to read the diagnostics in your terminal?

Is that so odd? Emphatically YES - I would rather scrollback in the  
terminal than have random stuff opening elsewhere. Always! :)

-- 
Andy Armstrong, Hexten




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