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Quoth public@khwilliamson.com (karl williamson): > > The paradigm of turning one thing on having the effect of turning > something else off is a well-accepted computer concept. In everyday > life, car radios have long had this ability, which is why the gui widget > is often called a radio button. Other names are option button, or push > button. I have written many gui forms that use them, even binary fields > often use them. "Select Male or Female". Selecting one de-selects the > other. "Do you want standard, fast, faster, or fastest shipping?" > These are often implemented with radio buttons, where selecting one > de-selects any other you might have selected previously. OK. I'm not sure I agree it's a good model in this case, but it doesn't matter. We've spent quite enough time discussing this, so AFAIC you should just go with what you think is best at this point. [/foo/a for ASCII-only \d\s\w] > If there's time, Yves or me will try to get this into 5.14. But we > really need to come up with a plan that considers the whole issue before > possibly painting ourselves into a corner. OK. BenThread Previous | Thread Next