Re: PB bug or feature??
Re: PB bug or feature??
- Subject: Re: PB bug or feature??
- From: Ondra Cada <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 17:37:41 +0100
Joe,
>
>>>>> Joe Chan (JC) wrote at Thu, 31 Jan 2002 11:27:34 -0500:
JC> I just discover an interesting PB behavior: if I have Mail and
JC> PB running at the same time, and when I typed in a search string
JC> in Mail, and then switch to a PB project window, the search
JC> string in Mail will be copied into the "Find:" text field of the
JC> Find panel of the project. Is this a feature or is it a bug? How
JC> did they accomplish this? It was very spooky before I realized
JC> what's going on.
It is a feature which *should* work amongst all applications, and in those
late days of NeXTStep indeed did. Now it is alas -- like almost anything
which improved ergonomy -- seriously broken, creating thus an perception of
inconsistent and strange system behaviour :((((
Have a look at NSPasteboard.html and search for "find".
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