Re: Cursor-wrap and bidi anomalies.

On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Ryan Pavlik wrote:

> Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 18:38:30 -0600
> From: Ryan Pavlik <abiryan@ryand.net>
> To: Alan Horkan <horkana@maths.tcd.ie>
> Cc: vangsy joseph <jvanden2@wanadoo.fr>, abiword-user@abisource.com
> Subject: Re: Cursor-wrap and bidi anomalies.
>
> Alan Horkan wrote:
>
> >On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, vangsy joseph wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 12:43:14 +0100
> >>From: vangsy joseph <jvanden2@wanadoo.fr>
> >>To: abiword-user@abisource.com
> >>Subject: Re: Cursor-wrap and bidi anomalies.
> >>
> >>
> >>Le lundi 31 Janvier 2005 09:20, Francis James Franklin a �crit�:
> >>
> >>
> >>>On 31 Jan 2005, at 10:15, Adam Bogacki wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Thanks Francis, as the text below suggests it is AbiWord 2.2.3
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>Er,... Again my questions:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>| What platform are you using (i.e., Windows, OSX, Linux,...)? Can
> >>>>| you provide a screen-shot? Please give more details about what you
> >>>>| are doing...
> >>>>
> >>>>What does it mean when the cursor becomes an arrow pointing left or
> >>>>right in AbiWord 2.2.3 ?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >
> >I'm not sure either.
> >
> >I think it might have something to do with adjusting margins as I'm only
> >seeing it when I hover on the margin just to the left of the usable page.
> >
> >- Alan
> >
> >
> >
> The cursor switches pointing direction (to point right) to the left of
> any typed text.

> This is to allow single-click selection of a whole line
> of text.

I saw this happening but didn't make the connection.
I usually select a line by triple clicking a word.

> This behavior I believe is shared with Word and other
> applications that have a margin and therefore have room for this.

I've never noticed this in Word, I'll have to take another look and see
exactly how Microsoft do it.

Thanks Ryan

- Alan

-----------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to
abiword-user-request@abisource.com with the word
unsubscribe in the message body.
Received on Fri Feb 4 02:20:20 2005