Re: Fwd: The page up/Page down debate.

From: ericzen (ericzen@EZ-NET.COM)
Date: Thu Oct 17 2002 - 17:45:05 EDT

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    On 2002.10.17 16:26 Hubert Figuiere wrote:
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    > Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 00:51:53 +1000 (EST)
    > From: Martin Sevior <msevior@baker1.ph.unimelb.edu.au>
    > To: abiword-dev@abisource.com
    > Subject: The page up/Page down debate.
    > Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0210180048040.2521-100000@baker1.ph.unimelb.edu.au>
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    > Hi Folks,
    > I'm currently fixing 4159 (segfault on page up/down on a big doc
    > with tables.) While I'm fixing this it would be *extremely* easy to change
    > the page up/ page down behaviour to move the cursor to the next/previous
    > screen.
    >
    > I personally would prefer this but for some strange reason MS Word does
    > not do it.
    >
    > So let's have the debate one more time. Who wants the cursor to move to
    > the new screen when we page up/page down?
    >
    > Who wants to keep the cursor inthe same position (as it does now).
    >
    > Cheers
    >
    > Martin
    >
    >
    >
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    >

    I think this was discussed on the HIG at one point or another. It's generally preferred. In fact, it's already implemented in many of the basic applications (including GEdit, as I learned oh-so-recently). However, I can also understand why someone may want the text cursor to remain, so as to return quickly to a specific place--particularly useful in large documents. Maybe a "bookmarker" like feature can be implemented sometime around "AbiWord VI: The Undiscovered Coder"...or sooner.



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