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Re: spreadsheet ergonomics

owl
SubjectRe: spreadsheet ergonomics
Fromowl
Date04/05/2017 07:23 (04/05/2017 05:23)
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FollowupsSnit (10h & 7m) > owl

Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>wrote:

Snit
On 4/4/17, 8:59 PM, in article i88vz003.pvh4e2@rooftop.invalid, "owl" <owl@rooftop.invalid>wrote:

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owl
Apple crew is just a bunch of clods.

Snit
I think it is good to have both available -- they do different things and both are of value!

owl
So "duplicate" deletes the original?

Snit
Ah, another place you are lacking in common sense -- of course it does not. That is not what the word "duplicate" means and nobody suggested it should or would do such a thing.

So "duplicate" makes a duplicate but doesn't delete the original, and "save as" creates a copy and doesn't delete the original; but "duplicate" and "save as" "do different things." Granny is confused.

Hint: duplicate serves to DUPLICATE the file. Works much like the duplicate command in the Finder, really (though not quite exact).

Right... your solution for one program, not built in and never explained, and with the video with bizarre zooming (curious why you did that... does not really hurt it but just weird).

owl
It may remain a mystery. I keep some magic to myself.

Snit
Meaning faked or, more likely, some significant weaknesses you will not share. OK.

owl
It's not faked. It's very real. And by the way that "bizarre zooming" is xmag, which has been around since the dawn of time. I'm surpised you didn't recognize it. My window manager doesn't support zooming, so I use xmag.

Snit
I did not know the program but I saw what you did. Just bizarre zooming. Why not just, well, zoom in and show what you want to show? Do it in post production so you can stay focused on the topic.

I might look into that at some point, but all post production stuff is probably more effort than I want to put into these things.

Snit (10h & 7m) > owl